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Gods and Garments: Textiles in Greek Sanctuaries in the 7th to the 1st Centuries BC
Cecilie Brons
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Description for Gods and Garments: Textiles in Greek Sanctuaries in the 7th to the 1st Centuries BC
Hardback. New investigation into and interpretation of the role of textiles and clothing accessories in the performance and materialisation of ritual in Greek sanctuaries of the 7th-1st centuries BC Num Pages: 384 pages, b/w and colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 249 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Textiles comprise a vast and wide category of material culture and constitute a crucial part of the ancient economy. Yet, studies of classical antiquity still often leave out this important category of material culture, partly due to the textiles themselves being only rarely preserved in the archaeological record. This neglect is also prevalent in scholarship on ancient Greek religion and ritual, although it is one of the most vibrant and rapidly developing branches of classical scholarship. The aim of the present enquiry is, therefore, to introduce textiles into the study of ancient Greek religion and thereby illuminate the roles textiles ... Read more
Textiles comprise a vast and wide category of material culture and constitute a crucial part of the ancient economy. Yet, studies of classical antiquity still often leave out this important category of material culture, partly due to the textiles themselves being only rarely preserved in the archaeological record. This neglect is also prevalent in scholarship on ancient Greek religion and ritual, although it is one of the most vibrant and rapidly developing branches of classical scholarship. The aim of the present enquiry is, therefore, to introduce textiles into the study of ancient Greek religion and thereby illuminate the roles textiles ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxbow Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1260g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785703553
SKU
V9781785703553
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About Cecilie Brons
Cecilie Brons is a post-doctoral researcher on the project `Transmission and Transformation. Ancient polychromy in an architectural context' at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. She has a PhD in Classical archaeology from the National Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen. Her research interests include ancient textiles, ancient polychromy, pigments and dyes, colours of antiquity, ancient Greek cult and religion ... Read more
Reviews for Gods and Garments: Textiles in Greek Sanctuaries in the 7th to the 1st Centuries BC
This is a very thorough account - archaeological, representational, epigraphical - of the types and decoration of dress used in Greek ritual and worship, by gods and mortals... Scholars will also find the wealth of illustration here (all colour): a valuable source for dress types and patterning, furniture and trappings, outside the world of religion.
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