Direct Beschikbaar Life, Death and Representation: Some New Work on Roman Sarcophagi (Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies, 29) – Jas Elsner

This volume presents a collection of essays on different aspects of Roman sarcophagi. These varied approaches will produce fresh insights into a subject which is receiving increased interest in English-language scholarship, with a new awareness of the important contribution that sarcophagi can make to the study of the social use and production of Roman art. The book will therefore be a timely addition to existing literature. Metropolitan sarcophagi are the main focus of the volume, which will cover a wide t…