Roman Funerary Sculpture

Roman Funerary Sculpture
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Publisher : Getty Publications
Total Pages : 142
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ISBN-10 : 9780892360857
ISBN-13 : 0892360852
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Book Synopsis Roman Funerary Sculpture by : Guntram Koch

Download or read book Roman Funerary Sculpture written by Guntram Koch and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1988-11-10 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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