Description
A biography of how cult images functioned in Roman temples. It explores their creation, use, and eventual destruction.
About the Author
Philip Kiernan is Associate Professor of Art History at Kennesaw State University, Georgia. He is the author of Miniature Votive Offerings (2009) and has also published numerous articles on Roman art, artefacts, numismatics, and religion. His archaeological excavations have included a Hellenistic-Roman market building at Alexandria Troas, a Bronze-Iron Age tumulus at Hassloch, and most recently a Romano-Celtic temple at Wareswald.
Reviews
'... Kiernan's work is an outstanding and welcome addition to fields dealing with provincial material cultures. His argument for distinguishing between idols and other sorts of cult image matters greatly if we are to study how those idols had a particular agency.' James Frakes, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Book Information
ISBN 9781108487344
Author Philip Kiernan
Format Hardback
Page Count 377
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 940g
Dimensions(mm) 260mm * 185mm * 21mm