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Muller, Frank G. J. M.

THE SO-CALLED PELEUS AND THETIS SARCOPHAGUS IN THE VILLA ALBANI Fine in Fine dust jacket

J C Gieben, 1994

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Year of publication
1994
ISBN
9050632467
Author
Muller, Frank G. J. M.
Publishers
J C Gieben
Keyword
Schools, Periods & Styles Arts & Photography Religious Sculpture Arts &, Photography: Sculpture: General Art And Architecture, Archaeological Collections Archaeology Classical Greek & Roman
Cover description
Fine in Fine dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover ISBN 9050632467

Description

Iconological Studies in Roman Art , No Iconological Studies in Roman Art , No 1; 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 Inches; 179 pages; In this iconological study, the author demonstrates the invalidity of the current interpretation of the relief on the so-called Peleus and Thetis sarcophagus in the Villa Albani in Rome, an interpretation which goes back to Winckelmann. By applying a modern art-historical method, he arives at a fundamentally new interpretation. It becomes clear that the splendid sarcophagus in the Villa Albani is highly characteristic of ‘academic’ art of the Hadrianic era. The unique nature of the representation on the Albani sarcophagus, which consists mainly of allegorical figures, makes it an excellent point of entry for the interpretation of mythological scenes applied in a funerary context.