Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 069116942X ISBN 13 : 9780691169422

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Ideals of character and beauty, and conceptions of self and society, were in flux during Late Antiquity, a period of extensive dramatic cultural upheaval for the Roman world, as the extraordinary growth of Christianity eclipsed paganism. Textiles from Late Antiquity document transformations of cultural traditions and societal values at the most intimate level of the individual body and the home. These textile artifacts are fragile, preserved only in arid conditions, often in fragments, and only rarely intact. The textiles selected for the exhibition Designing Identity at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World present an aesthetic of vibrant colors, fine materials, technical virtuosity of professional production, and variations on designs that display personal identity in the clothing of men, women, and children, as well as hopes for prosperity and protection in the textile furnishings of households. Prized for their artistry since the earliest discoveries beginning at the turn of the nineteenth century, such textiles were eagerly collected by designers, artists, scholars, museums, and captains of industry. This exhibition catalogue explores the parallel histories of ancient textile production and consumption, and the modern business of collecting Late Antique textiles. Contributors include Jennifer Ball, Edward Bleiberg, Kathrin Colburn, Helen Evans, Christine Kondoleon, Brandie Ratliff, Thelma Thomas, and Elizabeth Williams.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Thelma K. Thomas is currently an associate professor at the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University. She is the author of Late Antique Egyptian Funerary Sculpture: Images for this World and the Next (Princeton) and the coeditor (with Elizabeth Sears) of Reading Medieval Images: The Art Historian and the Object.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 069116942X
• ISBN 13: 9780691169422
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Éditeur: Thomas Thelma K.
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