ISBN:
1139629034
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1316247546
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9781139629034
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9781316247549
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Swetnam-Burland, Molly Egypt in Italy
DDC:
303.48/237032
Keywords:
Art, Egyptian History
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Architecture, Egyptian History
;
International relations
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Public opinion, Roman
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Egyptisk konst ; influenser
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Egyptisk arkitektur ; influenser
;
Romersk konst
;
Romersk arkitektur
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Internationella relationer ; historia
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Art, Egyptian
;
Civilization ; Egyptian influences
;
Intellectual life
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ART ; History ; Ancient & Classical
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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Antiquities
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Architecture, Egyptian
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History
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Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
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Italy History To 476
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Egypt Relations
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Egypt Foreign public opinion, Roman
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Egypt Antiquities
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Rome Intellectual life
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Rome Civilization
;
Egyptian influences
;
Rome Relations
;
Egypt
;
Italy
;
Rome (Empire)
Abstract:
"This book examines the appetite for Egyptian and Egyptian-looking artwork in Italy during the century following Rome's annexation of Aegyptus as a province. In the early imperial period, Roman interest in Egyptian culture was widespread, as evidenced by works ranging from the monumental obelisks, brought to the capital over the Mediterranean Sea by the emperors, to locally made emulations of Egyptian artifacts found in private homes and in temples to Egyptian gods. Although the foreign appearance of these artworks was central to their appeal, this book situates them within their social, political, and artistic contexts in Roman Italy. Swetnam-Burland focuses on what these works meant to their owners and their viewers in their new settings, by exploring evidence for the artists who produced them and by examining their relationship to the contemporary literature that informed Roman perceptions of Egyptian history, customs, and myths"--
Abstract:
Celebrating Conquest: Victory Monuments and the Spoils of EgyptKingly Monuments in the Roman City: The Tomb of Cestius and the Egyptian Aesthetic; Educating Roman Eyes: Augustus' Obelisks, Described in Rome; Augustus' Obelisks in Rome: Circus Maximus and Campus Martius; 3 The Sanctuary of Isis in Pompeii; Decoration and Function of the Sanctuary of Isis; Cult and Community: The Isiaci; Display and Redisplay, Dedication and Devotion; Text and Context: Io and Isis in the Ekklesiasterion; 4 Images of Egypt; Nilotica: The Land and People of Egypt in Roman Art.
Abstract:
Cover; Half-title; Frontispiece; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of color plates; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Historical Context and Framework; Egypt in Italy: Reconsidering, Recontextualizing; Images of Egypt; 1 Egyptian Objects, Roman Contexts; The Riches of Egypt: Trade, Production, and the "Egyptian" Aesthetic; Egyptian Imports in Italy; Egyptian Monuments, Made in Italy; Style and Substance: Egyptian Eclecticism; Egypt in the Empire; 2 Aegyptus Redacta; Augustus' Egyptian Obelisks.
Abstract:
Egypt in the Empire: The Vatican Nile and Louvre Tiber"Between Neighboring Ombi and Tentura": The Geography of Egypt in Juvenal 15; Conclusion; Notes; Introduction; 1 Egyptian Objects, Roman Contexts: Appropriation and Aesthetics; 2 Aegyptus Redacta: Augustus' Obelisks and the Spoils of Egypt; 3 The Sanctuary of Isis in Pompeii: Dedication and Devotion, Myth and Ritual; 4 Images of Egypt: Land at the Limit of Belief; Works Cited and Consulted; Abbreviations; Works cited or consulted; Index; Plates.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
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