Hammering Techniques in Greek and Roman Jewellery and Toreutics /
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This book traces the development of hammering techniques in Greek, Roman and related (e.g. Graeco-Scythian) jewellery and toreutics based on the analysis of ancient tools used for manufacture of hammered metalwork, primarily punches and matrices with figural designs, and actual finds of metalwork and jewellery. The book offers essays on metalworkers' tools from Mycenean Greece until the Late Roman Period. It includes chapters on different categories of hammered metalwork in the corresponding periods and Excursus about particular matrices or punches and hoards of toreutics. Bringing together the tools of metalworkers and actual objects manufactured with them opens new perspectives on chronological and cultural attribution of ancient jewellery and toreutics and illuminates the role of mass production and artistic creativity in ancient history. The book is illustrated with 133 photographs.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004497252
9789004121508
Representations of animals on Greek and Roman engraved gems : meanings and interpretations /
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A comprehensive study of the depictions of animals and their significance on Greek and Roman gems. The work examines the associations between animal depictions and the type of gemstone and its believed qualities. The study also compares the representation of animals on gems to larger media and analyses the differences.
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Previously issued in print: 2018. :
1 online resource (vi, 198 pages) : illustrations (colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784918705 (ebook) :
La cerámica común Romana en la bahía Gaditana en época Romana : alfarerîa y centros de producciôn /
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This volumes examines Roman pottery and production centres in the bay of Gaditana, modern-day Cádiz.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784915377 (ebook) :
Lusitanian amphorae /
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More than a century of archaeological investigation in Portugal has helped to discover, excavate and study many Lusitanian amphorae kiln sites, with their amphorae being widely distributed in Lusitania. These containers were identified in Ostia and Rome from the 1970s and thereafter in many sites around the Mediterranean, but their numbers have always seemed scarce. Were they not being recognized and therefore underestimated? Were they all fish-product amphorae? Did they ever reach a significant market share in the other provinces of Hispania? And what was their contribution to the supply of the city of Rome or to other cities in the centre of the Empire? This collective volume is a contribution to the discussion of these and other questions, and to a better understanding of the production and distribution of Lusitanian amphorae.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784914288 (ebook) :
Once upon a time in the East : the chronological and geographical distribution of terra sigillata and red slip ware in the Roman East /
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Philip Bes summarises the results of his PhD thesis (Catholic University of Leuven) on the analysis of production trends and complex, quantified distribution patterns of the principal traded sigillatas and slipped table wares in the Roman East, from the early Empire to Late Antiquity. He draws on his own work in Sagalassos and Boeotia, as well as an exhaustive review of archaeological publications of ceramic data. The analysis compares major regional blocks, documenting coastal as well as inland sites, and offers an interpretation of these complex data in terms of the economy and possible distribution mechanisms.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784911218 (PDF ebook) :
Engraved gems and propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus /
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This work studies small but highly captivating artworks from antiquity - engraved gemstones. These objects had multiple applications, and the images upon them captured snapshots of people's beliefs, ideologies, and everyday occupations. They provide a unique perspective on the propaganda of Roman political leaders, especially Octavian/Augustus.
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"Available both in print and Open Access"--Homepage.
Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (viii, 606 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781789695403 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Large scale Rhodian sculpture of Hellenistic and Roman times /
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This volume presents the large-scale Rhodian sculpture of the Hellenistic and Roman period through the publication of 60 unpublished sculptures of life size or larger than life size, together with 45 sculptures already published.
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Previously issued in print: 2017. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784915773 (ebook) :
From face to face : recarving of Roman portraits and the Late-Antique portrait arts /
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This book is based on an investigation of more than five hundred recarved portraits. It includes analyses of different recarving methods, some of which can be attributed to geographically localised workshops. The different recarving methods have made it possible to suggest classifiable categories, which together underpin a hypothesis that the late-antique portrait style is a consequence of the many recarved portraits at the time. The practice of portrait recarving emerged due to economic, political, religious and ideological factors, and was influenced by the cultural-historical changes of Late Antiquity. The conclusion gives a new understanding of how wide-ranging, culturally and politically encoded and comprehensive the practice of recarving was.
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1 online resource (xxii, 202 pages, 155 pages of plates) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-176) and indexes. :
9789004324558 :
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