Death and the Emperor. Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius. Penelope J.E. Davies; University of Texas, Austin.

Gutes Exemplar; Umschlag stw. leicht berieben. - Englisch. - Penelope J. E. Davies is an assistant professor of Greek and Roman art at the University of Texas, Austin. She has published in the American Journal of Archaeology and was the recipient of a Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship. / This book is the first comprehensive study of funerary monuments built for the Roman emperors as a genre. These monuments, which include the Mausoleum of Augustus,Trajan's Column, and the Column of Marcus Aurelius, are among the best known structures of Roman antiquity. Because of their diversity of forms and decorative programs, however, they have been examined in isolation from one another and from a limited number of perspectives. In this study, Penelope J. E. Davies examines these commemorative arches, columns, and other types of architecture with a view to determining the political or ritual motivations behind their designs. She demonstrates that these monuments served a dual role as memorials to the dead and as accession monuments that would guarantee dynastic continuity for the monarchy on the precarious occasion of the emperor's death. (Verlagstext) // INHALT : List of Illustrations ------ Acknowledgments ------ Introduction ------ THE MONUMENTS ------ AN IMAGE OF THINGS ACHIEVED ------ AN IMPERIAL COSMOS: THE CREATION OF ETERNITY ------ FIRE, FERTILITY, FICTION: THE ROLE OF THE EMPRESS ------ THE DYNAMICS OF FORM ------ THE POWER OF PLACE ------ CONCLUSION ------ Abbreviations Used in Notes ------ Notes ------ Bibliography ------ Index. // ILLUSTRATIONEN : "Casal Rotondo," Via Appia, Rome --- Mausoleum of Augustus, actual state Mausoleum of Augustus, actual state --- Reconstruction of the Mausoleum of Augustus by H. von Hesberg Plan of the Mausoleum of Augustus --- Obelisk from the Mausoleum of Augustus in Piazza dell'Esquilino --- Obelisk from the Mausoleum of Augustus in Piazza del Quirinale Ara Pacis Augustae, view of the west side --- Reconstruction of the Solarium Augusti with the Mausoleum of Augustus and the Ara Pacis Augustae, by E. Buchner --- Arch of Titus, view from the east Arch of Titus, triumphator relief --- Arch of Titus, spoils relief Arch of Titus, apotheosis relief --- Detail of the arch in the spoils relief on the Arch of Titus --- Mosaic from a house on the Quirinal beneath the Caserma dei Corazzieri --- Mosaic from a house on the Quirinal beneath the Caserma dei Corazzieri --- Sestertius of 95/96 possibly showing the Temple of the Flavian Dynasty --- Trajan's Column, actual state Plan of Trajan's Forum --- Restored north-south section of Trajan's Forum. From J. E. Packer, The Forum of Trajan in Rome: A Study of the Monuments Plan of the base of Trajan's Column Section of Trajan's Column --- Funerary altar of P. Ciartius Actus, Musei Capitolini --- Griffin and putto frieze from Trajan's Forum, Musei Vaticani --- Mausoleum of Hadrian, actual state --- Isonometric reconstruction of the Mausoleum of Hadrian by M. Eisner --- Entrance vestibule of the Mausoleum of Hadrian --- Portrait of Hadrian from the Mausoleum, Musei Vaticani - (u.v.a.) ISBN 0521632366