Word Becomes Image: Openwork vessels as a reflection of Late Antique transformation

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. This work shows how openwork vessels are a reflection of a wide-reaching Roman cultural aesthetic.

• | By (Author): Hallie G. Meredith (Author)
• | Publisher: Archaeopress
• | Publication Date: Jul 31, 2015
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 289 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1784911291
• | ISBN-13: 9781784911294