Emily A. Hemelrijk
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780190251888
- eISBN:
- 9780190251901
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190251888.003.0007
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, European History: BCE to 500CE
This chapter discusses women’s public portrait statues and public funerals. Apart from offering a survey of the statues themselves and their display context, the main focus is on the inscriptions on ...
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This chapter discusses women’s public portrait statues and public funerals. Apart from offering a survey of the statues themselves and their display context, the main focus is on the inscriptions on their bases and the reasons for setting them up. Two groups may be distinguished: women praised for their civic merits, and inscriptions merely recording the name and distinguished rank and family of the honorand. The last group was usually of the most elevated rank; though these women may well have bestowed benefactions or other services, their high rank sufficed as a reason for a statue. The chapter discusses the function and significance of women’s public statues both for the honorand and her family and for the city, and the rarer honour of a public funeral. Finally, a comparison is made between male and female honorands and dedicators of public statues on the basis of two regional samples.Less
This chapter discusses women’s public portrait statues and public funerals. Apart from offering a survey of the statues themselves and their display context, the main focus is on the inscriptions on their bases and the reasons for setting them up. Two groups may be distinguished: women praised for their civic merits, and inscriptions merely recording the name and distinguished rank and family of the honorand. The last group was usually of the most elevated rank; though these women may well have bestowed benefactions or other services, their high rank sufficed as a reason for a statue. The chapter discusses the function and significance of women’s public statues both for the honorand and her family and for the city, and the rarer honour of a public funeral. Finally, a comparison is made between male and female honorands and dedicators of public statues on the basis of two regional samples.
Maryl B. Gensheimer
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- July 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190614782
- eISBN:
- 9780190614805
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190614782.003.0003
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, History of Art: pre-history, BCE to 500CE, ancient and classical, Byzantine
To query the sociopolitical rationale that may have prompted the emperor Caracalla to endow such a monumental bathing facility, Chapter 3 addresses the iconographical trends that mark distinctive ...
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To query the sociopolitical rationale that may have prompted the emperor Caracalla to endow such a monumental bathing facility, Chapter 3 addresses the iconographical trends that mark distinctive emphases within the larger body of the Baths’ decorative program. Particular attention is paid to representations of Hercules, Bacchus, and other divinities and personifications associated with the emperor, as well as Homeric and other mythological exempla that are likewise an allusion to imperial largess. Similarly, the historical reliefs from the palaestrae and the honorific portrait statues of the imperial family displayed within the Baths are also scrutinized for their insights into the self-aggrandizing strategies of their eponymous benefactor. Together, the chapter’s discussion reveals both the obvious and subtler meanings underlying certain iconographical choices and uses those observations to recover the original motivations of the imperial patron.Less
To query the sociopolitical rationale that may have prompted the emperor Caracalla to endow such a monumental bathing facility, Chapter 3 addresses the iconographical trends that mark distinctive emphases within the larger body of the Baths’ decorative program. Particular attention is paid to representations of Hercules, Bacchus, and other divinities and personifications associated with the emperor, as well as Homeric and other mythological exempla that are likewise an allusion to imperial largess. Similarly, the historical reliefs from the palaestrae and the honorific portrait statues of the imperial family displayed within the Baths are also scrutinized for their insights into the self-aggrandizing strategies of their eponymous benefactor. Together, the chapter’s discussion reveals both the obvious and subtler meanings underlying certain iconographical choices and uses those observations to recover the original motivations of the imperial patron.
Emily Hemelrijk
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780190251888
- eISBN:
- 9780190251901
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190251888.001.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, European History: BCE to 500CE
This book discusses women’s participation in civic life in the cities of Italy and the Latin-speaking provinces of the Roman Empire from the late first century BC to the late third century AD ...
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This book discusses women’s participation in civic life in the cities of Italy and the Latin-speaking provinces of the Roman Empire from the late first century BC to the late third century AD (roughly the Roman Principate). Excluding empresses and other women of the imperial family, it focuses on the civic roles of non-imperial women in Italian and provincial towns on the basis of a corpus of approximately 1,400 inscriptions and, to a lesser extent, honorific portrait statues. Separate chapters deal with women’s activities as priestesses, benefactresses, and patronesses or ‘mothers’ of cities and civic associations and with the public honour they received. In comparison to women’s virtual absence from public life in the city of Rome, inscriptions show that in the local cities, women fulfilled important civic roles for which they were honoured with statues and inscriptions and, more rarely, public funerals. The book discusses the reasons and motives for women’s civic participation, their spread (both regionally and over time), and numbers in comparison to those of their male counterparts. By presenting a fresh and detailed view of women’s civic roles in the towns outside Rome, the book aims to provide a better understanding of women’s integration into their communities and to contribute to a more comprehensive view of civic life under the Roman Empire.Less
This book discusses women’s participation in civic life in the cities of Italy and the Latin-speaking provinces of the Roman Empire from the late first century BC to the late third century AD (roughly the Roman Principate). Excluding empresses and other women of the imperial family, it focuses on the civic roles of non-imperial women in Italian and provincial towns on the basis of a corpus of approximately 1,400 inscriptions and, to a lesser extent, honorific portrait statues. Separate chapters deal with women’s activities as priestesses, benefactresses, and patronesses or ‘mothers’ of cities and civic associations and with the public honour they received. In comparison to women’s virtual absence from public life in the city of Rome, inscriptions show that in the local cities, women fulfilled important civic roles for which they were honoured with statues and inscriptions and, more rarely, public funerals. The book discusses the reasons and motives for women’s civic participation, their spread (both regionally and over time), and numbers in comparison to those of their male counterparts. By presenting a fresh and detailed view of women’s civic roles in the towns outside Rome, the book aims to provide a better understanding of women’s integration into their communities and to contribute to a more comprehensive view of civic life under the Roman Empire.
Martin Beckmann
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807834619
- eISBN:
- 9781469603025
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807877777_beckmann.7
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Archaeology: Classical
This chapter discusses the Roman tradition of erecting monumental columns topped by statues, which dates back to the fourth century bc. Just how great a debt the Romans owed to the Greeks for this ...
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This chapter discusses the Roman tradition of erecting monumental columns topped by statues, which dates back to the fourth century bc. Just how great a debt the Romans owed to the Greeks for this tradition is debatable, but it seems that even the Greeks themselves did not begin placing portrait statues atop columns before the fourth century bc. The earliest such monument in Rome appears to have been a column and statue erected to Gaius Maenius, consul in 338 bc, for his victory over the Latins. In the third century bc, there was an important development: the first rostral columns, columnae rostratae, a type of columnar monument particularly intended to honor the victor in a naval battle. The name comes from the bronze rams—rostra—of captured enemy ships that were fixed to the column; the first seems to have been erected in honor of Gaius Diulius in 260 bcLess
This chapter discusses the Roman tradition of erecting monumental columns topped by statues, which dates back to the fourth century bc. Just how great a debt the Romans owed to the Greeks for this tradition is debatable, but it seems that even the Greeks themselves did not begin placing portrait statues atop columns before the fourth century bc. The earliest such monument in Rome appears to have been a column and statue erected to Gaius Maenius, consul in 338 bc, for his victory over the Latins. In the third century bc, there was an important development: the first rostral columns, columnae rostratae, a type of columnar monument particularly intended to honor the victor in a naval battle. The name comes from the bronze rams—rostra—of captured enemy ships that were fixed to the column; the first seems to have been erected in honor of Gaius Diulius in 260 bc
