Egyptianizing iconography in the Campania

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  • María Amparo Arroyo de la Fuente UCM

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https://doi.org/10.5944/etfii.26.2013.13736

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isiac worship, Pompeii, Herculaneum, goddess Isis, Latin liturgy

Abstract

The development of the isiac cult in the Campania has allowed the study of their rituals and liturgical forms, but has also revealed the desire of the new faithful to recreate egyptianizing exotic environments. The typical iconography of divinities protagonist of the Osiris myth, were already hellenized since Alexandrian period, however, in the Latin sphere, were specially appreciated those objects characterized by an aesthetic close to the Egyptian art. These objects included certain works imported from Egypt, but also pieces made in Latin territory with strong Alexandrian influences, probably made in this type of iconography especialized workshops. The existence of these workshops can be deduced from different findings that display many similarities in terms of not only the technique but also iconographic and epigraphic repertoire.

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Arroyo de la Fuente, M. A. (2014). Egyptianizing iconography in the Campania. Espacio Tiempo Y Forma. Serie II, Historia Antigua, (26), 13–50. https://doi.org/10.5944/etfii.26.2013.13736

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