Unpositioned Something is wrong

Death : antiquity and its legacy / Mario Erasmo

This study examines the evolution of death rituals and interment from antiquity to the present day, comparing ancient Greek and Roman practices with contemporary customs. It explores how urbanisation and individualism have influenced a shift towards modern memorial spectacles.

Author

ISBN

Publisher

CONNECTIONS

No connections

LOCATION HISTORY

No location history available for this book.

FULL RECORD

Accession Number: 8859

Site: Vernon O Content

Collection: N/A

Location: N/A

Binding Type: Hard Back

Book Images

Hover to see live images

No live

Death : antiquity and its legacy / Mario Erasmo cover

No live

Vernon Fields

View in Vernon Browser

vernon_accession	8859
vernon_id	12649
vernon_slug	death-antiquity-and-its-legacy-mario-erasmo
vernon_authors	Mario Erasmo
vernon_tags	Art, Arts, History, Memorials, Historic sites, Archaeology, Philosophy, Civilisation, Decorative arts, Antiquities, Material culture, Culture, Furniture, Manners and customs, Death, Life, Greece -- History, Implements, utensils, etc., Burial, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Rome -- History, Tombs, Containers, Death -- Religious aspects, Death -- Mythology, Cemeteries, Coffins, Boxes, Sarcophagi, Cremation
vernon_production_date	2012
vernon_brief_description	Mario Erasmo creatively explores the nexus between classical and contemporary approaches to dying, death and interment. From theme funerals in St Louis to Etruscan sarcophagi, he offers a rich and insightful discussion of finitude across the ages. --publisher's description.
vernon_object_type	Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
vernon_locations	Transit
vernon_ob_status	Accessioned
vernon_isbn_issn	9780195380972
vernon_subject_people	—
vernon_subject_objects	—
vernon_subject_classes	—
vernon_last_sync_timestamp	2026-04-30 08:50
vernon_cover_image_id	27715

VERNON RECORD

{
  "slug": "death-antiquity-and-its-legacy-mario-erasmo",
  "opacObjectId": "12649",
  "opacCollection": {
    "opacCollectionId": "1"
  },
  "imagesCollection": {
    "images": [
      {
        "imageId": "27715",
        "cssColors": [
          {
            "hex": "808080",
            "hue": 0,
            "rank": 1,
            "presence": 94.82,
            "colorName": "gray",
            "lightness": 50,
            "colorGroup": "gray",
            "saturation": 0,
            "formattedColorName": "gray"
          },
          {
            "hex": "f5f5f5",
            "hue": 0,
            "rank": 2,
            "presence": 4.45,
            "colorName": "whitesmoke",
            "lightness": 96,
            "colorGroup": "white",
            "saturation": 0,
            "formattedColorName": "white smoke"
          }
        ],
        "rawColors": [
          {
            "hex": "767974",
            "hue": 96,
            "rank": 1,
            "presence": 94.82,
            "lightness": 46,
            "saturation": 2
          },
          {
            "hex": "f6f6f6",
            "hue": 0,
            "rank": 2,
            "presence": 4.45,
            "lightness": 96,
            "saturation": 0
          },
          {
            "hex": "9c9c9c",
            "hue": 0,
            "rank": 3,
            "presence": 0.39,
            "lightness": 61,
            "saturation": 0
          },
          {
            "hex": "949794",
            "hue": 120,
            "rank": 4,
            "presence": 0.22,
            "lightness": 58,
            "saturation": 1
          },
          {
            "hex": "a4a49e",
            "hue": 60,
            "rank": 5,
            "presence": 0.0,
            "lightness": 63,
            "saturation": 3
          },
          {
            "hex": "8c8985",
            "hue": 34,
            "rank": 6,
            "presence": 0.1,
            "lightness": 53,
            "saturation": 2
          },
          {
            "hex": "9c9b94",
            "hue": 52,
            "rank": 7,
            "presence": 0.02,
            "lightness": 59,
            "saturation": 3
          }
        ],
        "imageLabels": [
          {
            "count": 1870,
            "score": 98.05,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Brown",
            "imageLabelId": 26
          },
          {
            "count": 10019,
            "score": 86.84,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Rectangle",
            "imageLabelId": 11
          },
          {
            "count": 600,
            "score": 84.26,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Grey",
            "imageLabelId": 121
          },
          {
            "count": 5563,
            "score": 68.35,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Pattern",
            "imageLabelId": 24
          },
          {
            "count": 2364,
            "score": 66.11,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Tints and shades",
            "imageLabelId": 13
          },
          {
            "count": 3985,
            "score": 64.29,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Electric blue",
            "imageLabelId": 49
          },
          {
            "count": 445,
            "score": 63.78,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Beige",
            "imageLabelId": 53
          },
          {
            "count": 304,
            "score": 55.32,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Square",
            "imageLabelId": 123
          },
          {
            "count": 292,
            "score": 53.84,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Composite material",
            "imageLabelId": 150
          },
          {
            "count": 3297,
            "score": 52.21,
            "status": "auto_verified",
            "imageLabel": "Circle",
            "imageLabelId": 8
          }
        ],
        "imageDerivatives": [
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/1768/71a50e36d5e78d800c1c3952f889d5e8a6cf817c.jpg",
            "width": "509",
            "height": "800",
            "identifier": "LARGE"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/1768/71a50e36d5e78d800c1c3952f889d5e8a6cf817c.jpg",
            "width": "255",
            "height": "400",
            "identifier": "MEDIUM"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/1768/71a50e36d5e78d800c1c3952f889d5e8a6cf817c.jpg",
            "width": "22",
            "height": "35",
            "identifier": "NANO"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/1768/71a50e36d5e78d800c1c3952f889d5e8a6cf817c.jpg",
            "width": "95",
            "height": "150",
            "identifier": "SMALL"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/1768/71a50e36d5e78d800c1c3952f889d5e8a6cf817c.jpg",
            "width": "48",
            "height": "75",
            "identifier": "TINY"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/1768/71a50e36d5e78d800c1c3952f889d5e8a6cf817c.jpg",
            "width": "764",
            "height": "1200",
            "identifier": "XLARGE"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "totalImages": 1
  },
  "objectSearchScore": 1.3036101,
  "opacObjectFieldSets": [
    {
      "identifier": "accession_no",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "8859"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "name",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Death : antiquity and its legacy / Mario Erasmo",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "title",
              "value": "Death : antiquity and its legacy / Mario Erasmo"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "other_name",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "artist_last_first",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Erasmo, Mario"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_date",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "2012",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "earliest_date",
              "value": "2012-01-01Z"
            },
            {
              "key": "latest_date",
              "value": "2012-12-31Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "edition",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "brief_desc",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Mario Erasmo creatively explores the nexus between classical and contemporary approaches to dying, death and interment. From theme funerals in St Louis to Etruscan sarcophagi, he offers a rich and insightful discussion of finitude across the ages. --publisher's description."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "measure_desc",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "credit_line",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "curr_loc_status",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Transit",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "curr_loc_status:\"Transit\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "ob_status",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Accessioned"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "lender",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_owner",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_type",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_start",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_expiry",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "copyright_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "object_type",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "object_type:\"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "collection",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Greece, Rome and Byzantium Collection/Special Collections/Library",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "collection:\"Greece, Rome and Byzantium Collection/Special Collections/Library\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "prod_pri_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Oxford/England"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "physical_notes",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "xii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm."
        },
        {
          "value": "Includes bibliographical references and index."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "language",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "English"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "isbn_issn",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "9780195380972"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "user_sym_1",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "GRB 393 ERA"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "usual_loc_being",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Open Shelving/Library/Roundhouse Complex"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_class",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Antiquities/Material culture/Culture",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Antiquities/Material culture/Culture\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Burial/Archaeology/History",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Burial/Archaeology/History\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Cemeteries/Burial/Archaeology/History",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Cemeteries/Burial/Archaeology/History\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Cremation",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Cremation\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Death -- Mythology/Life",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Death -- Mythology/Life\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Death -- Religious aspects/Life",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Death -- Religious aspects/Life\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Death/Life",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Death/Life\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Funeral rites and ceremonies/Manners and customs/Civilisation",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Funeral rites and ceremonies/Manners and customs/Civilisation\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Greece -- History",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Greece -- History\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "History",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"History\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Memorials/Historic sites/Archaeology/History",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Memorials/Historic sites/Archaeology/History\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Philosophy",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Philosophy\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Rome -- History",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Rome -- History\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Sarcophagi/Coffins/Boxes/Containers/Implements, utensils, etc./Furniture/Decorative arts/Art/Arts",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Sarcophagi/Coffins/Boxes/Containers/Implements, utensils, etc./Furniture/Decorative arts/Art/Arts\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Tombs/Burial/Archaeology/History",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_class:\"Tombs/Burial/Archaeology/History\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_date",
      "opacObjectFields": []
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_event",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_period",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_object",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_person",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "subject_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": "Rome/Italy",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_place:\"Rome/Italy\""
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "value": "Greece",
          "opacObjectFieldAttributes": [
            {
              "key": "search",
              "value": "subject_place:\"Greece\""
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_person",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_place",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_event",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "assoc_object",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "user_sym_9",
      "opacObjectFields": [
        {
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "relationshipsCollection": {
    "relationships": [
      {
        "relatedRecords": [
          {
            "slug": "mario-erasmo",
            "title": "Mario Erasmo",
            "relatedRecordId": "13835"
          }
        ],
        "relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person",
        "relatedRecordType": "person",
        "totalRelatedRecords": 1
      }
    ],
    "totalRelationships": 1
  }
}