I Claudia II: Women in Roman Art and Society, Vol. 2
Ten essays by specialists in art history, history, and papyrology offer reflections on women in Roman society based on the material evidence provided by art, archaeology, and ancient literary sources.
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I Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome--an exhibition and exhibit catalogue produced by the Yale University Art Gallery--provided the first comprehensive study of the lives of Roman women as revealed in Roman art. Responding to the popular success of the exhibit and catalogue, Diana E. E. Kleiner and Susan B. Matheson here gather ten additional essays by specialists in art history, history, and papyrology to offer further reflections on women in Roman society based on the material evidence provided by art, archaeology, and ancient literary sources. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Cornelius C. Vermeule, Rolf Winkes, Mary T. Boatwright, Susan Wood, Eve D'Ambra, Andrew Oliver, Diana Delia, and Ann Ellis Hanson. Their essays, illustrated with black-and-white photos of the art under discussion, treat such themes as mothers and sons, marriage and widowhood, aging, adornment, imperial portraiture, and patronage.
AcknowledgmentsNotes to the ReaderAbbreviationsIntroduction: "Her Parents Gave Her the Name Clavdia"1Ch. 1Livia to Helena: Women in Power, Women in the Provinces17Ch. 2Livia: Portrait and Propaganda29Ch. 3Family Ties: Mothers and Sons in Elite and Non-Elite Roman Art43Ch. 4Just Window Dressing? Imperial Women as Architectural Sculpture61Ch. 5Mortals, Empresses, and Earth Goddesses: Demeter and Persephone in Public and Private Apotheosis77Ch. 6Nudity and Adornment in Female Portrait Sculpture of the Second Century AD101Ch. 7Jewelry for the Unmarried115Ch. 8The Elder Clavdia: Older Women in Roman Art125Ch. 9Marriage Egyptian Style139Ch. 10Widows Too Young in Their Widowhood149Selected Bibliography167Index175
