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Funerary Iconography

Funerary Iconography is a branch of iconographic studies that analyzes the motifs, symbols, and visual programs specifically associated with death, burial, and commemoration in artworks and monuments, in order to interpret how they construct and communicate beliefs about mortality, the afterlife, and social memory.

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4.4K

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172

Authors

57

Institutions

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2017–2026

7

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Mortuary Iconography

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Publications

134

Souvenirs: Icons of meaning, commercialization and commoditization

Kristen K. Swanson, Dallen J. Timothy · Tourism Management · 2011 · 340 citations

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Image, Medium, Body: A New Approach to Iconology

Hans Belting · Critical Inquiry · 2005 · 263 citations · Full text

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The Iconography of Mourning in Athenian Art

H. A. Shapiro · American Journal of Archaeology · 1991 · 183 citations

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Riding the Phallus for Dionysus: Iconology, Ritual, and Gender-Role De/Construction

Éric Csapo · Phoenix · 1997 · 129 citations

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Painted Funerary Plaques and some Remarks on Prothesis

The Annual of the British School at Athens · 1955 · 122 citations

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Authors

172

  1. VL
    Victor Lasareff

    2 publications · 72 citations

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  2. RR
    Rubina Raja

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  3. NM
    Natalia Mielczarek

    Virginia Tech, United States

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  4. GM
    Germain Marc’hadour

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. HS
    Harold S. Colton

    Museum Of Northern Arizona, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

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Institutions

57

  1. Northern Arizona University

    Flagstaff, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    368 citations

  2. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    58 citations

  3. Archéologies et Sciences de l’Antiquité

    Nanterre, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  4. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  6. University of Łódź

    Lodz, Poland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. Universidad Iberoamericana

    Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. African Studies Centre

    Leiden, Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

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Venues

  1. American Journal of Archaeology

    13 publications · 614 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 6 publications · 269 citations

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  3. The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

    4 publications · 93 citations

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  4. The Art Bulletin

    4 publications · 108 citations

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  5. Eighteenth-Century Studies

    3 publications · 73 citations

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