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Eric R. VarnerAssociate Professor
Education
- Ph.D., Yale University, 1993
Research Interests
Roman portrait sculpture; Imperial iconography; Roman women; monuments and topography of ancient Rome.
Selected Publications
Books
![]() | Mutilation and Transformation: Damnatio Memoriae and Roman Imperial Portraiture (Leiden: Brill, 2004) |
![]() | From Caligula to Constantine: Tyranny and Transformation in Roman Portraiture (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2000) |
Articles
Articles on Roman portraiture, iconography of Roman empresses, and portraiture and religion in Roman North Africa
Work in Progress
Grotesque Aesthetics. Transgression and Transcendence in the Age of Nero (in progress)
Selected Seminars
Roman Portraiture; Imperial Iconography; Images of Women in Roman Art.