Roman Funerary Monuments in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Roman Funerary Monuments in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Author: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1990-06-28

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 0892361514

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This is the sixth volume in the Museum’s series of Occasional Papers on Antiquities. Important Roman funerary monuments in the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection are examined, and much new scholarly research is included. Contributors include Guntram Koch, Henning Wrede, Anne F. Eberle, Susan Walker, and Helga Herdejürgen, Ioanna Spiliopoulou-Donderer, and Klaus Parlasca.

Roman Funerary Sculpture
Roman Funerary Sculpture

Author: Guntram Koch

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 1988-11-10

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 0892360852

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During the Roman Empire lavish marble monuments to the dead were erected to decorate tombs and cemeteries. A group of these memorials, often so opulent that they required considerable economic sacrifice from the families who commissioned them, is catalogued in this volume.