The Fours Seasons as a Funerary Symbol in the written and Visual Culture of Rome: An Approach
This article deals with the symbol of the four seasons in Roman culture before the Christian period (some pieces are also shown which enable it to be stated that Christianity does not represent a break with the past but rather that, with its arrival, everything is adapted). It attempts to gather and...
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| Format: | book part |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repository: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2072/292780 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2072/292780 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Inscripcions llatines Iconografia Monuments funeraris 90 |
| Summary: | This article deals with the symbol of the four seasons in Roman culture before the Christian period (some pieces are also shown which enable it to be stated that Christianity does not represent a break with the past but rather that, with its arrival, everything is adapted). It attempts to gather and relate all the evidence (very selectively: this is the introduction to a work in progress) of the four seasons in Roman culture: epigraphical texts in prose and verse; signed literary texts in prose and verse (including philosophical); iconic messages on sarcophagi, in paintings and in mosaics. I aim to offer a description of the ‘where’ and ‘how’ of the presence of this motif in Roman culture and, at the end of the article, a possible ‘why’. |
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