Open AccessReading social relations from Roman African mosaics – an iconographic analyse
Author(s) -
Anna Mech
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
studia europaea gnesnensa/studia europaea gnesnensia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2720-7145
pISSN - 2082-5951
DOI - 10.14746/seg.2017.16.9
Subject(s) - reading (process) , diversity (politics) , presentation (obstetrics) , close reading , social relation , sociology , art , anthropology , linguistics , literature , philosophy , medicine , radiology
The paper presents the diversity of Roman African society and the relations between different social groups by analysing the representations on the mosaics. It also analyses the manner of self-presentation of the landowners and their wives.