The moral mirror of roman art
Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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This interdisciplinary study explores the meanings of mirrors and reflections in Roman art and society. When used as metaphors in Roman visual and literary discourses, mirrors had a strongly moral force, reflecting not random reality but rather a car...
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- ISBN13 9781107689435
- ISBN10 1107689430
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 274
- Año de Edición 2014
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Rústica
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Editorial CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
This interdisciplinary study explores the meanings of mirrors and reflections in Roman art and society. When used as metaphors in Roman visual and literary discourses, mirrors had a strongly moral force, reflecting not random reality but rather a car...
España peninsular
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This interdisciplinary study explores the meanings of mirrors and reflections in Roman art and society. When used as metaphors in Roman visual and literary discourses, mirrors had a strongly moral force, reflecting not random reality but rather a carefully filtered imagery with a didactic message. Focusing on examples found in mythical narrative, religious devotion, social interaction and gender relations, Rabun Taylor demonstrates that reflections served as powerful symbols of personal change. Thus, in both art and literature, a reflection may be present during moments of a protagonist's inner or outer transformation.