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Household Gods - Private Devotion in Ancient Greece and Rome
Alexandra Sofroniew
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Description for Household Gods - Private Devotion in Ancient Greece and Rome
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; HRKP3; HRKP4; HRLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Daily religious devotion in the Greek and Roman worlds centered on the family and the home. Besides official worship in rural sacred areas and at temples in towns, the ancients kept household shrines with statuettes of different deities that could have a deep personal and spiritual meaning. Roman houses were often filled with images of gods. Gods and goddesses were represented in mythological paintings on walls and in decorative mosaics on floors, in bronze and marble sculptures, on ornate silver dining vessels, and on lowly clay oil lamps that lit dark rooms. Even many modest homes had one or more ... Read more
Daily religious devotion in the Greek and Roman worlds centered on the family and the home. Besides official worship in rural sacred areas and at temples in towns, the ancients kept household shrines with statuettes of different deities that could have a deep personal and spiritual meaning. Roman houses were often filled with images of gods. Gods and goddesses were represented in mythological paintings on walls and in decorative mosaics on floors, in bronze and marble sculptures, on ornate silver dining vessels, and on lowly clay oil lamps that lit dark rooms. Even many modest homes had one or more ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
680g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606064566
SKU
V9781606064566
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99-20
About Alexandra Sofroniew
Alexandra Sofroniew was assistant curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum. She has curated exhibitions for the Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Currently, she teaches classical archaeology at St. John's College, Oxford.
Reviews for Household Gods - Private Devotion in Ancient Greece and Rome
Household Gods is a splendid publication on several counts. It is elegantly presented and the illustrations (of objects for the most part in the J. Paul Getty Museum) have been chosen with wit and sensitivity. The real strengths, however, lie in the sparkling text, which reflects the latest research in Greek and Roman religion. -Art Newspaper Household Gods is a ... Read more