Sarah Beckmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 3950488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Beckmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Beckmann |
| SIGNATURE | BECKMANN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9504-1638 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Naked Reader
This article analyzes the naked boy who appears as a reader in the fresco cycle of the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii, ca. 60–40 BCE. Although this fresco and its many figures have received ample attention, few scholars have asked why the reading boy is naked. I mark the boy’s nakedness as proof of his enslavement, using iconographic and epigraphic evidence for child slaves in Roman-era Dionysiac cult. I also consider a Roman audience’s recept…
The Idiom of Urban Display
This article presents an analytical study of the Late Antique sculptural relief program at the Roman villa of Chiragan (Martres-Tolosane, Haute-Garonne), which includes a series of mythological panels and a portrait in relief. Although Chiragan's reliefs have long been associated with Aphrodisian workshops, this study marks them as products of a local workshop, based on stylistic traits and recent scientific analyses of the marble. Using comparan…
Mirobriga
Mirobriga is an archaeological site in Lusitania, which preserves ruins of a Celtic oppidum reestablished as a Roman settlement in the first century ce .
Pax Julia (Beja)
Pax Julia was a Roman colony in southern Lusitania and the capital of the Conventus Pacensis under Vespasian.
The Naked Reader
This article analyzes the naked boy who appears as a reader in the fresco cycle of the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii, ca. 60–40 BCE. Although this fresco and its many figures have received ample attention, few scholars have asked why the reading boy is naked. I mark the boy’s nakedness as proof of his enslavement, using iconographic and epigraphic evidence for child slaves in Roman-era Dionysiac cult. I also consider a Roman audience’s recept…
Pax Julia (Beja)
Pax Julia was a Roman colony in southern Lusitania and the capital of the Conventus Pacensis under Vespasian.
Mirobriga
Mirobriga is an archaeological site in Lusitania, which preserves ruins of a Celtic oppidum reestablished as a Roman settlement in the first century ce .
The Idiom of Urban Display
This article presents an analytical study of the Late Antique sculptural relief program at the Roman villa of Chiragan (Martres-Tolosane, Haute-Garonne), which includes a series of mythological panels and a portrait in relief. Although Chiragan's reliefs have long been associated with Aphrodisian workshops, this study marks them as products of a local workshop, based on stylistic traits and recent scientific analyses of the marble. Using comparan…
The Naked Reader
This article analyzes the naked boy who appears as a reader in the fresco cycle of the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii, ca. 60–40 BCE. Although this fresco and its many figures have received ample attention, few scholars have asked why the reading boy is naked. I mark the boy’s nakedness as proof of his enslavement, using iconographic and epigraphic evidence for child slaves in Roman-era Dionysiac cult. I also consider a Roman audience’s recept…
History (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Geology (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (1 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (1 works) · Antique (1 works)