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Luxus
Kenneth Lapatin
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Description for Luxus
Hardback. Offers an integrated contextual analysis of artifacts fashioned from a wide variety of luxury materials. This volume address a broad range of luxury goods, such as intaglios, cameos, vessels, and statuettes, providing a full and multifaceted account of luxury in the ancient world. It also explores the ideologies and uses of the luxury arts. Num Pages: 296 pages, 243 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 291 x 239 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1854.
This elegantly produced book brings the luxury arts of antiquity back into brilliant life. In contrast to other histories of ancient art that typically privilege well-preserved works of ceramics or stone, Luxus offers an integrated contextual analysis of artifacts fashioned from a wide variety of luxury materials, which survive in far greater number than is typically supposed. These include gold and silver, semiprecious hard stones, and organic materials, such as ivory, fine woods, amber, pearl, coral, and textiles. Examining some of the finest surviving examples of ancient craftsmanship, renowned expert Kenneth Lapatin approaches objects in these diverse media from a ... Read more
This elegantly produced book brings the luxury arts of antiquity back into brilliant life. In contrast to other histories of ancient art that typically privilege well-preserved works of ceramics or stone, Luxus offers an integrated contextual analysis of artifacts fashioned from a wide variety of luxury materials, which survive in far greater number than is typically supposed. These include gold and silver, semiprecious hard stones, and organic materials, such as ivory, fine woods, amber, pearl, coral, and textiles. Examining some of the finest surviving examples of ancient craftsmanship, renowned expert Kenneth Lapatin approaches objects in these diverse media from a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1854g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606064221
SKU
V9781606064221
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99-24
About Kenneth Lapatin
KENNETH LAPATIN is associate curator in the Department of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum. He is the editor of The Berthouville Silver Treasure and Roman Luxury (Getty Publications, 2014), and coeditor of The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection (Getty Publications, 2012).
Reviews for Luxus
[This book offers] ancient visual and literary testimony that asserts the ubiquity of luxury craft production throughout antiquity. . . . Since the book offers such a nuanced perspective on Greco-Roman luxury crafts, their production, and their profound connection to daily life, it is highly recommended for all those who value the study of material culture.
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