The Mirror of Venus

This is the first general book to present a coherent, broad analysis of the numerous images of women in Roman art and to interpret their meaning and significance, all set against the broader geographical, chronological, political, religious and cultural context of the world of the Roman republic and empire and of Late Antiquity. Images of mortal women - empresses and other female members of the imperial family, elite women from around the empire, and working women from Rome, Ostia, Pompeii and elsewhere - are analysed alongside images of goddesses and personifications of complex mythological figures such as Amazons. This book examines images of women in the form of sculptures and coins, historical friezes and decorated tombstones, mosaics and wall paintings, metalwork and many decorated everyday items.

Year

2016

Language

English

Publisher

Amberley Publishing

Editions

2

Pages

256

ISBN

9781445633725

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