Word becomes image : openwork vessels as a reflection of late antique transformation /: openwork vessels as a reflection of late antique transformation. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hallie G. Meredith.
• Authors: Meredith, Hallie, 1976-
• Other Names: Archaeopress, publisher.
• Contents: Introduction: Word becomes Image Inscriptional Art Animating Ancient Art The Emergence of a Late Antique Tradition Case Study Reflects Cultural Transformations Chapter Overviews I. Crafting the Value of Glass: Non-Narrative Texts: Reception of Craft in Late Antiquity Archaeological and Textual Evidence of Three Stages of Glass Trade and Production The Cold-Working Stage: the Tertiary Production of Glass Vessels The Value of Craftsmanship II. Openwork Vessels: A Roman Category: High Relief Material Culture: A Late Roman Cultural Aesthetic Blurring the Boundaries between Text and Image in the Fourth Century Re-Viewing Open Work Vessels: Reflections of a Roman Cultural Aesthetic III. Inscribing Openwork Vessels with Meaning: Previous Typologies Schematic Typology of Openwork Vessels The Movement of Openwork Vessels throughout the Roman Empire Openwork Vessels in Grave Assemblages Conclusion Bibliography Appendix: Contemporaneous, Regionally Distributed Inscribed Glassware Glossary Catalogue: Country (Provenance or Currently), Figure Number, Present (or Last) Location, Descriptive Title Known as Catalogue Figure Sample Catalogue Figures CD: Full catalogue with images in colour.
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 736.0937; Carving (Decorative arts) -- Italy -- Rome; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology; Antiquities; Carving (Decorative arts); Rome (Italy) -- Antiquities; Italy -- Rome; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1784911305; 9781784911300
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 15, 2016).
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