The Lineup: Passion, Transgression, and Mythical Women in Roman Painting

Five fresco fragments from a second-century villa at Tor Marancia outside Rome, now housed in the Vatican Museums, depict five mythological women guilty of crimes – adultery, incest, treason, bestiality, and suicide – shown in different moments of desire, intention, and remorse. The series rec...

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Main Author: Bettina Bergmann
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Université de Lille 2017-01-01
Series:Eugesta
Online Access:http://www.peren-revues.fr/eugesta/index.php?id=598