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  Roman Artists, Patrons, and Public Consumption : Familiar Works Reconsidered

  Brenda Longfellow and Ellen E. Perry

  Ellen Perry is a co-editor. In recent decades, the study of Roman art has shifted focus dramatically from issues of connoisseurship, typology, and chronology to analyses of objects within their contemporary contexts and local environments. Scholars challenge the notion, formerly taken for granted, that extant historical texts—the writings of Vitruvius, for example—can directly inform the study of architectural remains. Roman-era statues, paintings, and mosaics are no longer dismissed as perfunctory replicas of lost Greek or Hellenistic originals; they are worthy of study in their own right. Further, the scope of what constitutes Roman art has expanded to include the vast spectrum of objects used in civic, religious, funerary, and domestic contexts and from communities across the Roman Empire. The work gathered in Roman Artists, Patrons, and Public Consumption displays the breadth and depth of scholarship in the field made possible by these fundamental changes. The first five essays approach individual objects and artistic tropes, as well as their cultural contexts and functions, from fresh and dynamic angles. The latter essays focus on case studies in Pompeii, demonstrating how close visual analysis firmly rooted in local and temporal contexts not only strengthens understanding of ancient interactions with monuments but also sparks a reconsideration of long-held assumptions reinforced by earlier scholarship.

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  Oregon Confetti

  Lee Oser

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  To be Free and French : Citizenship in France's Atlantic Empire

  Lorelle D. Semley

  "The Haitian Revolution may have galvanized subjects of French empire in the Americas and Africa struggling to define freedom and 'Frenchness' for themselves, but Lorelle Semley reveals that this event was just one moment in a longer struggle of women and men of colour for rights under the French colonial regime. Through political activism ranging from armed struggle to literary expression, these colonial subjects challenged and exploited promises in French republican rhetoric that should have contradicted the continued use of slavery in the Americas and the introduction of exploitative labour in the colonisation of Africa"--Provided by publisher.

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  The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Jesuits

  Thomas Worcester S.J.

  Thomas Worcester, S.J. is general editor.

  "Founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) has been praised as a saintly god-send and condemned as the work of Satan. With some 600 entries written by 110 authors - those inside and outside the order - this encyclopedia opens up the complexities of Jesuit history and explores the current life and work of this Catholic religious order and its global vocation. Approximately 230 entries are biographies, focusing on key people in Jesuit history, while the majority of the entries focus on Jesuit ideals, concepts, terminology, places, institutions, and events. With some 70 illustrations highlighting the centrality of visual images in Jesuit life, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive volume providing accessible and authoritative coverage of the Jesuits' life and work across the continents during the last five centuries"-- Provided by publisher.

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  Pericles : A Biography in Context

  Thomas R. Martin

  Pericles was the most famous leader of the most famous ancient Greek democracy - and also the most controversial in his own time and ever since. Was he a brutal imperialist ready to oppress other Greeks, or a clear-eyed defender of Athens' need for power to survive in a relentlessly hostile world? How did his intellectual training in ideas that many Athenians regarded as dangerous make him the most persuasive leader Athenian democracy ever knew? Why was his personal lifestyle so idiosyncratic? How should we evaluate his responsibility for the suffering and loss of the Peloponnesian War? Thomas R. Martin's unique emphasis on the effect on Pericles of his family's notorious history, his youthful experiences as a wartime refugee, and his unusual education reveals a brilliant politician whose hyper-rationality could not, in the end, protect him or his community from tragedy.

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  Modernist Afterlives in Irish Literature and Culture

  Paige Reynolds

  Paige Reynolds is editor of this book.

  Modernist Afterlives in Irish Literature and Culture explores manifestations of the themes, forms and practices of high modernism in Irish literature and culture produced subsequent to this influential movement. This interdisciplinary collection reveals how Irish artists grapple with modernist legacies and forge new modes of expression for modern and contemporary culture.--Publisher description.

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  Mercy Matters : Opening Yourself to the Life-Changing Gift

  Mathew N. Schmalz

  "This book is about opening ourselves to mercy, to love that responds to human need in an unexpected or unmerited way."--Page 6. This book was written by the author to accompany the extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis on April 11, 2015. Discussion and reflective questions appear at the end of each chapter.

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  "This Holy Cross"

  Anthony J. Kuzniewski S.J.

  A synopsis of the history of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts which is illustrated with stories about the people who represent the College's spirit. Three eras, each a different expression of the ideal Jesuit education at the time, are described as the three "Holy Crosses."

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  Sovereignty and Coinage in Classical Greece

  Thomas R. Martin

  This book examines the common assumption that coins were produced in classical Greece to serve as symbols of the political sovereignty of the state, much like flags of modern nations. Since the beginning of modern numismatics studies, scholars have used this assumption to establish the chronology of numerous Greek coinages and, in turn, to make hypotheses about important historical events, especially the intervention in Greek affairs of Philip II, Alexander the Great, and their early successors.

  The author challenges the standard opinion , refuting the notion that a conquered state automatically lost its "right of coinage" and establishing that the minting of classical Greek coinage was primarily motivated by economic concerns.

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  Holy Cross 100 Books

  College of the Holy Cross

  In the early 1980s, Holy Cross faculty compiled a list of 100 books that are considered some of the fundamental classics of Western literature and beyond, and elements of a classic liberal arts education.

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  The Fine Arts at Holy Cross: 1950-1980

  John Paul Reardon

  This history examines a three-decade period of the fine arts as part of the curriculum at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The discipline experienced a renaissance of sorts in the 1950's which led to the creation of independent departments for Visual Arts in 1969 and Music in 1979.

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  Writing a Term Paper

  William Leo Lucey S.J.

  This manual has been written to aid college students who have been assigned the task of writing a term paper or non-fictional essay. It includes notes for how to format an essay, make footnote references, quote correctly, create a bibliography and prepare the material of a term paper.

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  An Anthology of Holy Cross Verse

  College of the Holy Cross

  A collection of poetry compiled from The Holy Cross Purple, a literary publication produced by the students of the College of the Holy Cross. The selections included in this anthology appeared in The Holy Cross Purple between 1920 and 1937.

  The volume's endpapers are an illustrated map of the college campus circa 1937.

  Spine title: Anthology of Holy Cross Verse: 1920-1937

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  The Verse of Edward V. Killeen, Jr.

  Edward V. Killeen and College of the Holy Cross

  Edited by The Holy Cross Purple staff

  The Purple is a student magazine published by the College of the Holy Cross. In 1919, the editors endeavored to commemmorate the publication's Silver Jubillee by establishing a book series of college verse drawn from The Purple.

  "The Purple Poets: Volume One" is the first in the series and features the poetry of Edward V. Killeen, Class of 1919. Killeen had been a major contributor to The Purple and was to serve as editor-in-chief of the magazine his senior year. He died before returning to Holy Cross in the fall of 1918. This edition of Killeen's verse was compiled to honor and memorialize the dead poet's beloved memory.

  His poetry earned public recognition, appearing in The Poets of the Future: A College Anthology for the years 1915-16, 1916-17, and 1917-18. Characteristic themes included filial devotion, nature and war.

  Cover title: Killeen

  Half title: The Purple Poets: Volume One