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A Cultural History of Furniture in Antiquity

Forfatter: info mangler
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  • Format
  • Bog, hardback
  • Engelsk
  • 296 sider

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Covering the period from 2500 BCE to the Byzantine Era, this volume focuses on the social history of furniture found in houses, tombs and temples as narrated through the archaeological evidence. The earliest furniture can be seen as an attempt by humans to enhance their safety, comfort and social standing but it can also offer opportunities for understanding human behavior, values and thought: fine furniture was among the most valuable of possessions in the ancient world so it expressed power, wealth and status. It was appreciated as art, used in diplomacy (both as a gift and as tribute) and recorded as booty. At the same time, its practical and ceremonial uses yield important clues about the domestic environment and daily life in antiquity, as well as revealing aspects of sacred belief and funerary practices.

Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays that examine key characteristics of the furniture of the period on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.

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Detaljer
  • SprogEngelsk
  • Sidetal296
  • Udgivelsesdato18-04-2024
  • ISBN139781472577764
  • Forlag Bloomsbury Academic
  • FormatHardback
Størrelse og vægt
  • Vægt1000 g
  • coffee cup img
    10 cm
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    16,9 cm
    24,4 cm

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