Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Pollitt, J. J. (Jerome Jordan), 1934-

Description

1. 295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm

Summary

1. Some of the most vivid portraits in ancient art depict older members of society, from all classes and from across the Mediterranean world. In marble and bronze sculptures, on coins and painted vases, and in wall paintings, mosaics, and more, elderly men and women are shown with the telltale signs of old age: wrinkles, white hair, sagging jowls, and stooped postures. Old Age in Greek and Roman Art examines these representations in conjunction with ancient written sources and explores what they can tell us about the perspectives on aging and the aged in the ancient world. In chapters such as "Veneration and Sympathy," "Honoring Experience and Wisdom," and "Derision," Susan B. Matheson and J. J. Pollitt discuss not only medium and form--including Greek vase paintings and grave reliefs, and Roman portraits and sarcophagi--but also subject, like priests and priestesses, kings of Athens, gods and satyrs, Greek myths, and the Trojan War. Richly illustrated throughout, and with an appendix featuring additional objects, this comprehensive publication presents an expanded picture of ancient attitudes toward old age and highlights the ways in which our current perceptions of age echo--and depart from--those of our predecessors" --

Subject

1. Old age in art
2. Art, Greek
3. Art, Roman
4. Art, Classical > Themes, motives
5. Art, Classical

Call number

1. JQG 23-220

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-280) and index.

Author

1. Matheson, Susan B., author.

Title

1. Old age in Greek and Roman art / Susan B. Matheson and J.J. Pollitt.

Publisher

1. New Haven : Yale University Art Gallery, 2022.

Copyright date

1. ©2022

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-280) and index.

Added author

1. Pollitt, J. J. (Jerome Jordan), 1934- author.

LCCN

1. 2021952557

ISBN

1. 9780300266566 hardcover
2. 0300266561 hardcover

Research call number

1. JQG 23-220