Contextualizing Egyptian-Themed Art in Pompeiian Shops

Authors

Kelsey Myers, University of Arkansas

Keywords

art, Egypt, Pompeii, Aegyptiaca

Abstract

This project focuses on the art historical, architectural, and archaeological evidence outside the domus to investigate the multivalent messaging communicated by Egyptian imagery in Pompeii’s civic and commercial spaces. By examining the artifacts and images commissioned by traders and craftsmen in their production and shop spaces, this research offers a bottom-up approach to Roman culture and society to balance the textual based top-down perspective that has dominated the discipline. Focusing on foreign-themed objects and images in these spaces, this study also explores the reception and adoption of foreign/eastern influences by the lower social strata of Romans in a multiethnic empire.

Recommended Citation

Myers, Kelsey (2020) "Contextualizing Egyptian-Themed Art in Pompeiian Shops," The Ozark Historical Review: Vol. 48, Article 5.

Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/ohr/vol48/iss1/5