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Household Gods - Private Devotion in Ancient Greece and Rome (Hardcover)
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Household Gods - Private Devotion in Ancient Greece and Rome (Hardcover)
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Daily religious devotion in the Greek and Roman worlds centered on
the family and the home. Besides official worship in rural sacred
areas and at temples in towns, the ancients kept household shrines
with statuettes of different deities that could have a deep
personal and spiritual meaning. Roman houses were often filled with
images of gods. Gods and goddesses were represented in mythological
paintings on walls and in decorative mosaics on floors, in bronze
and marble sculptures, on ornate silver dining vessels, and on
lowly clay oil lamps that lit dark rooms. Even many modest homes
had one or more religious objects that were privately venerated.
Ranging from the humble to the magnificent, these small objects
could be fashioned in any medium from terracotta to precious metal
or stone. Showcasing the collections in the Getty Villa, this
book's emphasis on the spiritual beliefs and practices of
individuals promises to make the works of Greek and Roman art more
accessible to readers. Compelling representations of private
religious devotion, these small objects express personal ways of
worshiping that are still familiar to us today. A chapter on
contemporary domestic worship further enhances the relevance of
these miniature sculptures for modern viewers.
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