I Claudia II

by Kleiner, Diana E. E.; Matheson, Susan B.

• ISBN13: 9780292743403
• ISBN10: 0292743408
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Notes to the Reader	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Introduction ``Her Parents Gave her the Name Clavdia''	1	(16)
Diana E. E. Kleiner
Susan B. Matheson
Livia to Helena	17	(12)
Women in Power, Women in the Provinces
Cornelius C. Vermeule III
Livia	29	(14)
Portrait and Propaganda
Rolf Winkes
Family Ties	43	(18)
Mothers and Sons in Elite and Non-Elite Roman Art
Diana E. E. Kleiner
Just Window Dressing?	61	(16)
Imperial Women as Architectural Sculpture
Mary T. Boatwright
Mortals, Empresses, and Earth Goddesses	77	(24)
Demeter and Persephone in Public and Private Apotheosis
Susan Wood
Nudity and Adornment in Female Portrait Sculpture of the Second Century AD	101	(14)
Eve D'Ambra
Jewelry for the Unmarried	115	(10)
Andrew Oliver
The Elder Clavdia	125	(14)
Older Women in Roman Art
Susan B. Matheson
Marriage Egyptian Style	139	(10)
Diana Delia
Widows too young in their Widowhood	149	(18)
Ann Ellis Hanson
Selected Bibliography	167	(8)
Index	175