Textiles in Ancient Mediterranean Iconography

"This volume provides an ambitious synopsis of the complex, colourful world of textiles in ancient Mediterranean iconography. A wealth of information on ancient textiles is available from depictions such as sculpture, vase painting, figurines, reliefs and mosaics. Commonly represented in clothi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Harris, Susanna, editor (editor), Brøns, Cecilie, editor, Żuchowska, Marta, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, UK ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books 2022.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Ancient textiles series.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009664674806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Author biographies
  • 1. Introduction: Approaching textiles in ancient Mediterranean iconography / Cecilie Brons, Susanna Harris, and Marta Zuchowska
  • 2. Textile Production in Aegean Glyptic: Interpreting small-scale representations on seals and sealings from Bronze Age Greece / Agata Ulanowska
  • 3. Textiles and Iconography in the Bronze Age Aegean Scripts: tela logogram and the ligatured endogram te / Rachele Pierini
  • 4. Loom or Lyre: A dual reading of iconography from the Iron Age II site of Kunitllet 'Ajrud / Thaddeus Nelson
  • 5. Abundance and Splendour: Textiles on Archaic Greek statues of young women (korai) / Susanna Harris
  • 6. The Color of Cult: Artemis Brauronia and the krokotos / Daphne Martin
  • 7. Furniture Textiles in Classical and Hellenistic Iconography / Demi Andrianou
  • 8. Ideology, Gender and Textile Production: The iconography of women in the Iberian Culture / Riccardo Basso Rial
  • 9. All that Glitters is Gold: Golden textiles in the ancient Mediterranean / Cecilie Brons
  • 10. Arachne Revisited: Hubris and Technology in the Forum Transitorium Frieze, Rome / Magdalena OEhrman
  • 11. Fringed Clothing in Roman Iconography and Written Sources / Kelly Olson
  • 12. Between Realism and Artistic Convention: Woollen mantles in the iconography of Roman Palmyra / Marta Zuchowska
  • 13. Reading Dress and Identity in the Roman Mosaics of Carthage and Tabarka / Amy Place
  • 14. EpilogueMary Harlow
  • Glossary
  • Index.