Molly Swetnam‐Burland
Biographic Data
| ID | 5628853 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Molly Swetnam‐Burland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Molly |
| FAMILY NAME | Swetnam‐Burland |
| SIGNATURE | BURLAND M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | William & Mary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
CHAPTER 2 Women’s Work? Investors, Money-Handlers, and Dealers
Aegyptiaca Romana
Egypt in Italy
This book examines the appetite for Egyptian and Egyptian-looking artwork in Italy during the century following Rome's annexation of Aegyptus as a province. In the early imperial period, Roman interest in Egyptian culture was widespread, as evidenced by works ranging from the monumental obelisks, brought to the capital over the Mediterranean Sea by the emperors, to locally made emulations of Egyptian artifacts found in private homes and in temple…
Encountering Ovid's Phaedra in House V.2.10–11, Pompeii
This article documents the unusual case of a literary graffito quoting Ovid's Heroides 4. The graffito was inscribed on a myth painting in Pompeii, preserving a historical individual's reaction to the painting. I approach this case two ways: first, treating the painting and poem as an "intertext" using formal iconographic and literary analysis; second, exploring the archaeological record for the house, including its assemblage of artifacts and al…
Nilotica and the Image of Egypt
This article surveys Roman art known as 'nilotica' — artistic representations of Egypt and its residents. Though the word is ancient, the underlying concept is best understood as a scholarly construct, used to describe material in a range of media (coins, sculptures, mosaics, and frescos) that portray the Nile or people living near it. Romans imported Egyptian antiquities — including scarabs, canopic jars, sculptures, and obelisks — but the major…
Egypt Embodied
The Vatican Nile, a monumental marble sculpture once displayed in Rome's Iseum Campense with a companion Tiber, has had a rich post-Antique afterlife. Long in the collections of the Vatican, both sculptures were taken as spolia to Paris in 1797. Only the Nile returned to Rome. Though long understood as pendants, their physical divorce created a scholarly tradition that treats the Vatican Nile primarily in isolation, as the classic example of a br…
Egyptian objects, roman contexts
The taste for and appreciation of Egyptian-themed material has been well attested in Roman Italy in contexts as diverse as public porticos, private homes, and Isea graced with the patronage of the imperial family. The richness of this material has been matched by the wealth of scholarly work that has established the influence of Egyptian culture in Italy, particularly the wide-ranging appeal of the cult of Isis. This chapter examines larger Roman…
Aegyptiaca Romana
Nilotica and the Image of Egypt
This article surveys Roman art known as 'nilotica' — artistic representations of Egypt and its residents. Though the word is ancient, the underlying concept is best understood as a scholarly construct, used to describe material in a range of media (coins, sculptures, mosaics, and frescos) that portray the Nile or people living near it. Romans imported Egyptian antiquities — including scarabs, canopic jars, sculptures, and obelisks — but the major…
Egypt Embodied
The Vatican Nile, a monumental marble sculpture once displayed in Rome's Iseum Campense with a companion Tiber, has had a rich post-Antique afterlife. Long in the collections of the Vatican, both sculptures were taken as spolia to Paris in 1797. Only the Nile returned to Rome. Though long understood as pendants, their physical divorce created a scholarly tradition that treats the Vatican Nile primarily in isolation, as the classic example of a br…
Encountering Ovid's Phaedra in House V.2.10–11, Pompeii
This article documents the unusual case of a literary graffito quoting Ovid's Heroides 4. The graffito was inscribed on a myth painting in Pompeii, preserving a historical individual's reaction to the painting. I approach this case two ways: first, treating the painting and poem as an "intertext" using formal iconographic and literary analysis; second, exploring the archaeological record for the house, including its assemblage of artifacts and al…
Aegyptiaca Romana
Egyptian objects, roman contexts
The taste for and appreciation of Egyptian-themed material has been well attested in Roman Italy in contexts as diverse as public porticos, private homes, and Isea graced with the patronage of the imperial family. The richness of this material has been matched by the wealth of scholarly work that has established the influence of Egyptian culture in Italy, particularly the wide-ranging appeal of the cult of Isis. This chapter examines larger Roman…
Egypt Embodied
The Vatican Nile, a monumental marble sculpture once displayed in Rome's Iseum Campense with a companion Tiber, has had a rich post-Antique afterlife. Long in the collections of the Vatican, both sculptures were taken as spolia to Paris in 1797. Only the Nile returned to Rome. Though long understood as pendants, their physical divorce created a scholarly tradition that treats the Vatican Nile primarily in isolation, as the classic example of a br…
Nilotica and the Image of Egypt
This article surveys Roman art known as 'nilotica' — artistic representations of Egypt and its residents. Though the word is ancient, the underlying concept is best understood as a scholarly construct, used to describe material in a range of media (coins, sculptures, mosaics, and frescos) that portray the Nile or people living near it. Romans imported Egyptian antiquities — including scarabs, canopic jars, sculptures, and obelisks — but the major…
Egypt in Italy
This book examines the appetite for Egyptian and Egyptian-looking artwork in Italy during the century following Rome's annexation of Aegyptus as a province. In the early imperial period, Roman interest in Egyptian culture was widespread, as evidenced by works ranging from the monumental obelisks, brought to the capital over the Mediterranean Sea by the emperors, to locally made emulations of Egyptian artifacts found in private homes and in temple…
Encountering Ovid's Phaedra in House V.2.10–11, Pompeii
This article documents the unusual case of a literary graffito quoting Ovid's Heroides 4. The graffito was inscribed on a myth painting in Pompeii, preserving a historical individual's reaction to the painting. I approach this case two ways: first, treating the painting and poem as an "intertext" using formal iconographic and literary analysis; second, exploring the archaeological record for the house, including its assemblage of artifacts and al…
Aegyptiaca Romana
CHAPTER 2 Women’s Work? Investors, Money-Handlers, and Dealers
Art (7 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (6 works) · History (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (4 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · Art history (2 works)