Death by analogy: identity crises on a Roman sarcophagus

This article examines how images on a sarcophagus involved Roman viewers in processes of thinking by analogy and so invited them to engage in meditation on death. This more thanatological slant is sidelined in current approaches that emphasise how exemplary figures on sarcophagi consoled the bereave...

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Autor principal: Clifford, E
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Cambridge University Press 2023