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9. Viewing the Gods: The Origins of the Icon in the Visual Culture of the Roman East
Jaś Elsner
Description: Roman Eyes: Visuality and Subjectivity in Art and Text
Roman Eyes: Visuality and Subjectivity in Art and Text
ACCORDING TO THE Historia Augusta, when the emperor Aurelian (A.D. 270–275) had taken over the rebellious town of Tyana in Cappadocia in the eastern part of Asia Minor and was considering the slaughter of its inhabitants...
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Jaś Elsner
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Copyright© 2007 by Princeton University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.225-252
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-32020
Chapter subject tags:Aesthetics, ClassicalApollonius, of TyanaAurelian, Emperor of Rome, approximately 215-275Temple of Artemis (Ephesus)Numismatics, RomanIcons, ByzantineRelief (Sculpture), RomanPausanias, active approximately 150-175Lucian, of Samosata

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9. Viewing the Gods: The Origins of the Icon in the Visual Culture of the Roman East