Odds and Ends - Maura Heyn
Unusual Elements in Palmyrene Iconography
KORTE INHOUD
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2023Uitgever: Brepols Publishers180 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503603963ISBN-13: 9782503603964Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary The funerary art that was produced in Roman Palmyra, a caravan city in the Syrian steppe desert, is rightly world-renowned. The frontal depictions of the deceased, featured in torso-length portraits, and the large-scale banqueting scenes are iconic, and lent an added mystique by the absence of any literary sources that might aid in their interpretation. But while from a distance these exquisite portraits might seem rather formulaic, when examining more closely, it is clear that these scenes reveal ...
