The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion PDF

Christina Riggs ist eine britisch-amerikanische Historikerin, Akademikerin und ehemalige Museumskuratorin. Sie ist spezialisiert auf die Geschichte der Archäologie, Fotografie und altägyptische Kunst. Seit 2019 ist sie Professorin für Geschichte der visuellen Kultur an der Durham University. Sie ist außerdem Fellow des All Souls College, Oxford.

The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion pdf von Christina Riggs

This important new study looks at the intersection of Greek and Egyptian art forms in the funerary sphere of Roman Egypt. A discussion of artistic change, cultural identity, and religious belief foregrounds the detailed analysis of more than 150 objects and tombs, many of which are presented here for the first time. In addition to the information it provides about individual works of art, supported by catalogue entries, the study explores fundamental questions such as how artists combine the iconographies and representational forms of different visual traditions, and why two distinct visual traditions were employed in Roman Egypt.