Background
D'Ambra, Eve was born on October 6, 1956 in New York, United States. Daughter of John and Rosalie D'Ambra.
( This collection of scholarly, yet accessible articles ...)
This collection of scholarly, yet accessible articles focuses on themes encountered in the study of Roman art and architecture. It covers the forms and meanings of imperial propaganda, the role of art and architecture in conferring or enhancing status, the commemoration of ruler and citizen in portraiture and funerary art, the interpretation of mythological subjects, and the significance of sculptural displays in architectural settings. For Roman art historians and artists.
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( The depiction of the myth of Arachne, a woman punished ...)
The depiction of the myth of Arachne, a woman punished for defiantly challenging Minerva to a weaving contest, is a subject without parallel for the frieze of a state monument such as Rome's Forum Transitorium, built by Domitian in the first century A.D. In this new interpretation of the frieze, Eve D'Ambra examines how art depicting mythological themes served as an instrument of social policy in the Roman Empire. She proposes that the portrayal of Arachne flanked by obedient women who spin and weave is presented as a moralizing exemplum: rather than unfolding in a continuous narrative, the myth is reduced to a series of emblems that provide both a cautionary tale and inspirational models of domestic virtue. D'Ambra shows how the representation of weaving as a sign of the matron's traditional values reinforced Domitian's measures for moral reform, which included laws concerning marriage and adultery. She considers the equation of weaving and chastity in the cults revived by Domitian and, in the context of the founding myths depicted in Augustan art and literature, she explores the narratives of heroines and transgressors that blur the boundaries between private and public life: weaving not only served to initiate girls into the household economy but it also provided metaphors for statesmanship, civilization, and powers of life and death.
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D'Ambra, Eve was born on October 6, 1956 in New York, United States. Daughter of John and Rosalie D'Ambra.
Bachelor, University Arizona, 1978. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1987.
Lecturer Kean College New Jersey, 1988. Assistant professor University Rhode Island, 1989-1990, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, since 1990. Visiting lecturer University Pennsylvania, 1987, Rutgers University, Newark, 1987-1988.
Visiting assistant professor Boston University, 1989. Lecturer American Academy in Rome, 1986, Archaeol. Institute American, San Antonio, 1986, New York City, 1987, Baltimore, 1989, Boston, 1989, New Orleans, 1992, College Art Association, New York City, 1990, Barnard College, 1990, Brown University, 1991, New York University, 1991, Middlebury College, 1993, Gardner Museum Symposium, 1994.
( The depiction of the myth of Arachne, a woman punished ...)
( This collection of scholarly, yet accessible articles ...)
Married Franc Dominic Palaia, June 3, 1986.