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Cultural History of Furniture in Antiquity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvDimitra Andrianou,Greece) Andrianou, Dr Dimitra (Dimitra Andrianou, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens

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Covering the period from 2500 BCE to the Byzantine Era, this volume in A Cultural History of Furniture 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 ancient 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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Utgivningsdatum2024-04-18
Mått174 x 246 x 22 mm
Vikt810 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCultural Histories Series
Antal sidor296
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781472577764

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List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsSeries PrefaceIntroduction, Dimitra Andrianou1. Design and Motifs, Elizabeth Simpson, Bard Graduate Center, USA and Geoffrey Killen, Independent Scholar, UK2. Makers, Making, and Materials, Vassilis Petrakis, Independent Scholar, Greece and Maria Leontsini, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece3. Types and Uses, Geoffrey Killen, Independent Scholar, UK, Elizabeth Simpson, Bard Graduate Center, USA and Stephan T. A. M. Mols, Radboud University, The Netherlands4. The Domestic Setting, Vassilis Petrakis, Independent Scholar, Greece, Barbara Tsakirgis†, Dimitra Andrianou, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece and Platon Petridis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece5. The Public Setting, Vassilis Petrakis, Independent Scholar, Greece and Platon Petridis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece6. Exhibition and Display, Vassilis Petrakis, Independent Scholar, Greeece, Jean Turfa, University of Pennsylvania Museum, USA and Dimitra Andrianou, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece7. Furniture and Architecture, Stephan T.A.M. Mols, Radboud University, The Netherlands8. Visual Representations, Vassilis Petrakis, Independent Scholar, Greece, A. Chatzidimitriou, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Greece and S. Feuser, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Germany9. Verbal Representations, Vassilis Petrakis, Independent Scholar, Greecee, Dimitra Andrianou, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Greece, and Ilias Anagnostakis, National Hellenic Research Foundation, GreeceNotesBibliographyIndex