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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Lindner, Molly M.
Titre(s) : Portraits of the Vestal Virgins, priestesses of ancient Rome [Texte imprimé] / Molly M. Lindner
Publication : Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2015
Description matérielle : xxii, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Comprend : Cult and college ; Architecture of the Atrium Vestae ; Display in the Atrium Vestae
; Iconography of Vesta and Numa ; Iconography of a Vestal Virgin ; Catalog of sixteen
Vestal portraits ; Infula and turban ; Exemplars of sanctitas ; Honorific statues
of Roman priestesses ; Incense burning in Roman sacrifices and art ; Vestals burning
incense ; Private women burning incense.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index
"For more than eleven hundred years, the Vestal Virgins dedicated their lives to the
goddess Vesta, protector of the Roman state. Though supervised by a male priest, the
Pontifex Maximus, they had privileges beyond those of most women; like Roman men,
they dispensed favors and influence on behalf of their clients and relatives. In 1883,
Rodolfo Lanciani, Director of Antiquities for Rome, discovered the first Vestal statues.
The recovery of the Vestals' house, and the objects contained therein, was an exciting
moment in Roman archaeology. Newspapers were filled with details about the huge numbers
of sculptures, inscriptions, jewelry, coins, and terracotta figures. Molly M. Lindner
examines the sculptural presentation of the Vestal Virgins and investigates what images
of long-dead women tell us about their lives. She addresses why these portraits were
created, and why they only began to appear in the late first or second century CE--much
later than portraits of other Roman priestesses and nonimperial women. Lindner sheds
light on the distinctions between a Vestal portrait and portraits of other priestesses,
and considers why Vestal portraits do not copy each other's headdresses and hairstyles.
In addition to the extensive illustrations that complement the text, a catalog of
all known Vestal portraits displays historical clues embedded in the hairstyles and
facial features of the Vestals and other women of their day."--Jacket
Sujet(s) : Vestales -- Dans l'art
Portraits (sculpture) romains
Femmes -- Conditions sociales -- Rome
Rome (Italie) -- Foro romano
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780472118953. - ISBN 0472118951
EAN 9780472118953
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450260272
Notice n° :
FRBNF45026027
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