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Author:   Steven E. Hijmans
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Weight:   1.668kg
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9789004406698

ISBN 10:   9004406697
Pages:   822
Publication Date:   29 March 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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List of Figures Abbreviations Volume I Introduction 1 Art and Sol: Some Parameters for an Analysis of Images of the Roman Sun  1 Two Sun Gods?  2 Reading Roman Art – The Problem of the “Greek Norm”  3 Greek Art and Etruscan Art  4 Greek Art and Good Taste  5 The Iconographic Toolbox  6 The Semantics of Roman Art  7 Matters of Methodology  8 The Interpretative Process – Understanding Manners of Meaning 2 Recognizing Sol: The Three Main Image Types  1 Introduction  2 Criteria  3 Divine Radiance 3 Understanding the Image Types for Sol: Main Definitions  1 Introduction  2 Chronological Evolution and Meaningful Patterns  3 Sol as a Deity  4 Sol in Mythological Scenes  5 Sol as a Minor Figure  6 Sol-and-Luna 1 – Architecture and Liminality  7 Sol-and-Luna 2 – Attributes of Aeternitas  8 Sol-and-Luna 3 – Cultic Reliefs  9 Sol-and-Luna 4 – Sarcophagi  10 Sol-and-Luna 5 – Alone, without Context  11 Sol-and-Luna 6 – Early Middle Ages  12 Sol Alone, as Minor Figure or in Complex Scenes  13 Intaglios 4 Understanding the Image Types for Sol: Specific Cases  1 Sol and Alexander  2 Sol in the Synagogue  3 A Divine Kiss on the Lips  4 Funerary Altar of Julia Victorina  5 Mithras  6 Preliminary Results  7 Sol: The Planet  The Images: Catalogue and Discussion  1 Table of Contents  2 Introduction  3 Catalogue  4 Discussion Volume II 5 Temples and Priests of Sol in Rome  1 The Origins of the Cult of Sol in Rome  2 Early Temples of Sol in Rome: Circus Maximus and Quirinal  3 The Porticus Solis – a Misidentified Temple of Sol  4 Priests and Others Involved in the Cult  5 Sol and the Roman Notions of Divinity  Appendix: Inscriptions Cited by Palmer and Chausson 6 Solar, Divine, or Imperial? Understanding the Radiance of Gods and Emperors in Roman Art  1 Introduction  2 A Hint of Sol  3 A Statue in Raleigh  4 The Sternenstreit  5 Circe  6 The Imperial Radiate Crown 7 The Emperor as Sol?  1 Nero as Sol?  2 Other Depictions of the Emperor as Sol?  3 Constantine as Sol?  4 Conclusions 8 Sol-Luna Symbolism and the Carmen Saeculare of Horace  1 Introduction  2 The Sign Sol-and-Luna  3 Horace’s Carmen Saeculare – Another terminus ante quem  4 Mommsen’s Criticism and Its Aftermath  5 Horace’s Hymn Rehabilitated  6 In Conclusion 9 Image and Word: Christ or Sol in Mausoleum M of the Vatican Necropolis?  1 Introduction  2 Mausoleum M  3 Interpretation and the Diachronic Aspect  4 Parallels  5 With Roman Eyes  6 Visual Impact, Meaning, and Atmosphere  7 Visual Meanings versus Verbal Ones  8 In Conclusion 10 From Aurelian to Julian: Sol in Late Antiquity  1 Sol Invictus and Christmas  2 Pagans, Christians, and Cosmic Divinity  3 Pagans, Christians, and “Solar Theology”  4 Sol as Supreme Deity?  5 Beliefs, Ambiguities, and Imagery  6 Constantine and Purposeful Traditionalism  7 In Conclusion 11 The Invention of Sol Invictus: An Analysis of Previous Research on Sol  1 The Republican Sun God  2 The Orient and the Imperial Sol  3 Classical Studies and the Western Elite  4 The Tenacity of Paradigms and Ideology Conclusions Bibliography Concordances Plates  I Sol: A Viewer’s Typology  II Catalogue Index

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Dr. Steven E. Hijmans, Professor of Roman Archaeology at the University of Alberta in Canada, studied Classics and Archaeology at Groningen University. He has published numerous articles on Sol, other aspects of Roman religion, and visual meanings.

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