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of art history, and is a prolific writer on these and other topics. Elsner has been described as "one of the most well-known figures in the field of ancient art history, respected for his notable erudition, extensive range of interests and expertise, his continuing productivity, and above all, for
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this has led to an interest in all kinds of reception from ritual and pilgrimage in the case of religious art to the literary description of art (including the rhetorical technique known as
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Pilgrimage in Greco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity: Seeing the Gods
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Viewing Ariadne: From Ekphrasis to Wall Painting in the Roman World
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