Art of empire : the Roman frescoes and Imperial Cult Chamber in Luxor Temple / edited by Michael Jones and Susanna McFadden.
A comprehensive look at the only surviving wall paintings of the Roman Tetrarchic period and their architectural, archaeological, and historical contexts illustrates how physical site, iconography, and style were used to convey ideology throughout Rome's provinces.
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| Language: | English |
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New Haven : Cairo, Egypt :
Yale University Press ; American Research Center in Egypt,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Late Roman Thebes : taxes, tourists, temples, and tombs / Giovanni Ruffini
- Dating the Luxor camp and the politics of building in the Tetrarchic era / Susanna McFadden
- The Tetrarchic architectural renovation of Luxor Temple : context, significance, and the Amun cult / James B. Heidel and W. Raymond Johnson
- From ruins in a landscape to a monument on display : a conservation history of the Imperial cult camber and its paintings / Michael Jones
- Conservation of the fragments of Roman wall paintings in the Imperial cult chamber of Luxor Temple / Luigi De Cesaris, Alberto Sucato, and Emiliano Ricchi ; translated by Sara Montgomery
- The Luxor Temple paintings in context : Roman visual culture in late antiquity / Susanna McFadden
- Picturing power in late Roman Egypt : the Imperial cult, Imperial portraits, and a visual panegyric for Diocletian / Susanna McFadden
- Appendix : John Gardner Wilkinson's documentation of the Imperial cult chamber and the frescoes / Michael Jones
- Chronology.