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- catalog abstract "In the first comprehensive study of Roman ancestor masks in English, Harriet Flower explains the reasons behind the use of wax masks in the commemoration of politically prominent family members by the elite society of Rome. Flower traces the functional evolution of ancestor masks, from their first attested appearance in the third century BC to their last mention in the sixth century AD, through the examination of literary sources in both prose and verse, legal texts, epigraphy, archaeology, numismatics, and art. It is by putting these masks, which were worn by actors at the funerals of the deceased, into their legal, social, and political context that Flower is able to elucidate their central position in the media of the time and their special meaning as symbols of power and prestige.".
- catalog contributor b9565716.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "1. The Significance of Imagines -- 2. Defining the Imagines? -- 3. Ancestors at the Elections: Ancestral Portraits and Magisterial Office -- 4. Ancestors at the Funeral: The Pompa Funebris -- 5. Praising the Ancestors: Laudationes and other Orations -- 6. Ancestors and Inscriptions: Elogia and Tituli -- 7. Ancestors at Home: Imagines in the Atrium -- 8. Imagines and the New Principate: Augustus and Tiberius -- 9. Imagines in the Later Empire: The Last Imagines -- 10. Conclusions -- App. A. Literary Testimonia -- App. B. Inscriptions and Laws -- App. C. Moneyers using Ancestral Themes on their Coins -- App. D. Etruscan Statues of Ancestors and the Origins of the Imagines.".
- catalog description "In the first comprehensive study of Roman ancestor masks in English, Harriet Flower explains the reasons behind the use of wax masks in the commemoration of politically prominent family members by the elite society of Rome. Flower traces the functional evolution of ancestor masks, from their first attested appearance in the third century BC to their last mention in the sixth century AD, through the examination of literary sources in both prose and verse, legal texts, epigraphy, archaeology, numismatics, and art.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-392) and indexes.".
- catalog description "It is by putting these masks, which were worn by actors at the funerals of the deceased, into their legal, social, and political context that Flower is able to elucidate their central position in the media of the time and their special meaning as symbols of power and prestige.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 411 p., [4] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0198150180".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "Some text in Latin and Ancient Greek with English translation.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "englatgrc latgrc".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Rome.".
- catalog subject "393/.9 20".
- catalog subject "DG103 .F56 1996".
- catalog subject "Elite (Social sciences) Rome.".
- catalog subject "Funeral rites and ceremonies Rome.".
- catalog subject "Masks Rome.".
- catalog subject "Nobility Rome.".
- catalog subject "Power (Social sciences) Rome.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Significance of Imagines -- 2. Defining the Imagines? -- 3. Ancestors at the Elections: Ancestral Portraits and Magisterial Office -- 4. Ancestors at the Funeral: The Pompa Funebris -- 5. Praising the Ancestors: Laudationes and other Orations -- 6. Ancestors and Inscriptions: Elogia and Tituli -- 7. Ancestors at Home: Imagines in the Atrium -- 8. Imagines and the New Principate: Augustus and Tiberius -- 9. Imagines in the Later Empire: The Last Imagines -- 10. Conclusions -- App. A. Literary Testimonia -- App. B. Inscriptions and Laws -- App. C. Moneyers using Ancestral Themes on their Coins -- App. D. Etruscan Statues of Ancestors and the Origins of the Imagines.".
- catalog title "Ancestor masks and aristocratic power in Roman culture / Harriet I. Flower.".
- catalog type "text".