Glass of the roman world /
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"These 18 papers by renowned international scholars include studies of glass from Europe and the Near East. The authors write on a variety of topics where their work is at the forefront of new approaches to the subject. They both extend and consolidate aspects of our understanding of how glass was produced, traded and used throughout the Empire and the wider world drawing on chronology, typology, patterns of distribution, and other methodologies, including the incorporation of new scientific methods. Though focusing on a single material the papers are firmly based in its archaeological context in the wider economy of the Roman world, and consider glass as part of a complex material culture controlled by the expansion and contraction of the Empire"--Provided by publisher.
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xxvi, 204 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781782977742
The she-wolf and the sphinx : Rome and Egypt from history to myth /
: Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museo nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome, Italy, July 11-Nov. 9, 2008. : 213 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 9788837062231
Word becomes image : openwork vessels as a reflection of late antique transformation /
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This study presents a diachronic investigation providing a rich case study as well as an approach tracing the contours of a category of Roman material culture defined by the Roman period technique of openwork carving. As the first comprehensive assemblage of openwork vessels from Classical to late Antiquity, this work offers primary evidence documenting a key example of the fundamental shift from naturalism to abstraction in which inscriptions are transformed and word becomes image. A glass blower herself, Hallie Meredith poses questions about process, tactility and reception providing a clear picture of the original contexts of production and reception demonstrated by the Roman technique of openwork carving.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784911300 (PDF ebook) :