Shopping Cart : is empty
Home   |    Classical Archaeology  

The Moral Mirror of Roman Art

by: Taylor, R.

SOLD
 
Category: Classical Archaeology
Code: 13048
ISBN-13: 9780521866125 / 978-0-521-86612-5
ISBN-10: 052186612X / 0-521-86612-X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2008
Publication Place: Cambridge
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 274
Book Condition: New

This interdisciplinary study explores the meanings of mirrors and reflections in Roman art and society. When used as metaphors in Roman visual and literary discourses, mirrors had a strongly moral force, reflecting not random reality but rather a carefully filtered imagery with a didactic message. Focusing on examples found in mythical narrative, religious devotion, social interaction, and gender relations, Rabun Taylor demonstrates that reflections served as powerful symbols of personal change. Thus, in both art and literature, a reflection may be present during moments of a protagonist's inner or outer transformation.

 
  Already viewed

The Moral Mirror of Roman Art

by: Taylor, R.

  • ISBN-13: 9780521866125 / 978-0-521-86612-5
  • ISBN-03: 052186612X / 0-521-86612-X
  • Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008

SOLD