DIVINE QUALITIES Cult and Community in Republican Rome - hardcover

2007, ISBN: 9780199226825

Agam kala Prakashan, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. New. 22 x 28 cm. The Book Presents Individuals Studies Of The Epigraphy, Architecture And The Sculpture Of The Amaravati Stupa Follo… More...

Agam kala Prakashan, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. New. 22 x 28 cm. The Book Presents Individuals Studies Of The Epigraphy, Architecture And The Sculpture Of The Amaravati Stupa Followed By A Comparative Study Of The Evidence Provided By Each Aspect. The Epigraphic Study Throws Light On The Foundation Of The Stupa And Its Chronological Development Thereafter To Become A Mahastupa. A Comparative Analysis Of Inscription From Bharhut To Sri Lanka Provides Us An Insight Into The Circumstances Which Led To The Development Of The Script. This Study Has Tried To Understand The Nature And Causes Of The Debvelopment Of The Script. This Study Has Tried To Understand The Nature And Causes Of The Development Of The Mature And Late Amarvati Styles, When The Art Flourished Independently, Indo-Roman Trade And Socio-Economic Circumstances, Different Sects Of Buddhism Mmade A Substantial Contribution Towards This Artistic Flowering. It Traces The Different Stages Of Growth Of The Stupa And Also Provides An Analysis Of Their Relationship To Subsequent Embellishment With Relief Sculptures And Inscriptions. It Also Presents And Analysis Of Some Distinct Architectural Features Of The Mahacaitya. << less Printed Pages: 278., Agam kala Prakashan, 1994, 6, Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 0199226822 . Hard bump to 1 corner. Small corrections in pen to about 8 pages by R. E. Fantham. Light shelfwear to DJ. ; This book explores an aspect of how Romans thought about themselves. Its subject is 'divine qualities': qualities like Concord, Faith, Hope, Clemency, Fortune, Freedom, Piety, and Victory, which received public cult in Rome in the Republican period. Anna Clark draws on a wide range of evidence (literature, drama, coins, architecture, inscriptions and graffiti) to show that these qualities were not simply given cult because they were intrinsically important to 'Romans'. They rather became 'Roman' through claims, counter-claims, appropriations and explorations of them by different individuals. The resources brought into existence by cult (temples, altars, coin images, statues, passwords, votive inscriptions) were visible and accessible to a broad range of people. Divine qualities were relevant to a broader social spectrum than is usually recognized, and this has important consequences for our understanding of Roman society. ; Oxford Classical Monographs; 380 pages ., Oxford University Press, 2007, 3<

2007, ISBN: 9780199226825

Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 0199226822 . Hard bump to 1 corner. Small corrections in pen to about 8 pages by R. E. Fantham. Light shelfw… More...

Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 0199226822 . Hard bump to 1 corner. Small corrections in pen to about 8 pages by R. E. Fantham. Light shelfwear to DJ. ; This book explores an aspect of how Romans thought about themselves. Its subject is 'divine qualities': qualities like Concord, Faith, Hope, Clemency, Fortune, Freedom, Piety, and Victory, which received public cult in Rome in the Republican period. Anna Clark draws on a wide range of evidence (literature, drama, coins, architecture, inscriptions and graffiti) to show that these qualities were not simply given cult because they were intrinsically important to 'Romans'. They rather became 'Roman' through claims, counter-claims, appropriations and explorations of them by different individuals. The resources brought into existence by cult (temples, altars, coin images, statues, passwords, votive inscriptions) were visible and accessible to a broad range of people. Divine qualities were relevant to a broader social spectrum than is usually recognized, and this has important consequences for our understanding of Roman society. ; Oxford Classical Monographs; 380 pages ., Oxford University Press, 2007, 3<