I Claudia II

<p><i>I Claudia: Women in Ancient Rome</i>-an exhibition and catalog produced by the Yale University Art Gallery-provided the first comprehensive study of the lives of Roman women as revealed in Roman art. Responding to the popular success of the exhibit and catalog Diana E. E. Kleiner and Susan B. Matheson here gather ten additional essays by specialists in art history history and papyrology to offer further reflections on women in Roman society based on the material evidence provided by art archaeology and ancient literary sources.</p> <p>In addition to the editors the contributors are Cornelius C. Vermeule Rolf Winkes Mary T. Boatwright Susan Wood Eve D'Ambra Andrew Oliver Diana Delia and Ann Ellis Hanson. Their essays illustrated with black-and-white photos of the art under discussion treat such themes as mothers and sons marriage and widowhood aging adornment imperial portraiture and patronage.</p>