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Author Swetnam-Burland, Molly.

Title Egypt in Italy : visions of Egypt in Roman imperial culture / Molly Swetnam-Burland (College of William & Mary).

Publication Info. New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "This book examines the appetite for Egyptian and Egyptian-looking artwork in Italy during the century following Rome's annexation of Aegyptus as a province. In the early imperial period, Roman interest in Egyptian culture was widespread, as evidenced by works ranging from the monumental obelisks, brought to the capital over the Mediterranean Sea by the emperors, to locally made emulations of Egyptian artifacts found in private homes and in temples to Egyptian gods. Although the foreign appearance of these artworks was central to their appeal, this book situates them within their social, political, and artistic contexts in Roman Italy. Swetnam-Burland focuses on what these works meant to their owners and their viewers in their new settings, by exploring evidence for the artists who produced them and by examining their relationship to the contemporary literature that informed Roman perceptions of Egyptian history, customs, and myths"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Frontispiece; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of color plates; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Historical Context and Framework; Egypt in Italy: Reconsidering, Recontextualizing; Images of Egypt; 1 Egyptian Objects, Roman Contexts; The Riches of Egypt: Trade, Production, and the "Egyptian" Aesthetic; Egyptian Imports in Italy; Egyptian Monuments, Made in Italy; Style and Substance: Egyptian Eclecticism; Egypt in the Empire; 2 Aegyptus Redacta; Augustus' Egyptian Obelisks.
Celebrating Conquest: Victory Monuments and the Spoils of EgyptKingly Monuments in the Roman City: The Tomb of Cestius and the Egyptian Aesthetic; Educating Roman Eyes: Augustus' Obelisks, Described in Rome; Augustus' Obelisks in Rome: Circus Maximus and Campus Martius; 3 The Sanctuary of Isis in Pompeii; Decoration and Function of the Sanctuary of Isis; Cult and Community: The Isiaci; Display and Redisplay, Dedication and Devotion; Text and Context: Io and Isis in the Ekklesiasterion; 4 Images of Egypt; Nilotica: The Land and People of Egypt in Roman Art.
Egypt in the Empire: The Vatican Nile and Louvre Tiber"Between Neighboring Ombi and Tentura": The Geography of Egypt in Juvenal 15; Conclusion; Notes; Introduction; 1 Egyptian Objects, Roman Contexts: Appropriation and Aesthetics; 2 Aegyptus Redacta: Augustus' Obelisks and the Spoils of Egypt; 3 The Sanctuary of Isis in Pompeii: Dedication and Devotion, Myth and Ritual; 4 Images of Egypt: Land at the Limit of Belief; Works Cited and Consulted; Abbreviations; Works cited or consulted; Index; Plates.
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Language English.
Subject Rome -- Relations -- Egypt.
Rome (Empire)
Relations.
Egypt.
Egypt -- Relations -- Rome.
Egypt -- Foreign public opinion, Roman.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
Italy -- History -- To 476.
Italy.
History.
Chronological Term To 476
Subject Art, Egyptian -- Rome -- History.
Architecture, Egyptian -- Rome -- History.
Egypt -- Antiquities.
Rome -- Intellectual life.
Antiquities.
Rome -- Civilization -- Egyptian influences.
Intellectual life.
ART -- History -- Ancient & Classical.
Civilization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Architecture, Egyptian.
Art, Egyptian.
Civilization -- Egyptian influences.
International relations.
Public opinion, Roman.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Swetnam-Burland, Molly. Egypt in Italy 9781107040489 (DLC) 2014043438 (OCoLC)896863243
ISBN 9781139629034 (electronic book)
1139629034 (electronic book)
9781316247549 (electronic book)
1316247546 (electronic book)
9781316249444
1316249441
9781107040489
1107040485
9781316234310
1316234312
9781107669864 (paperback)