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Visual Conversations in Art and Archaeology Ser.: Vessels : The Object As Container by Claudia Brittenham (2019, Hardcover)

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Vessels can take many forms: as objects made for human interaction and handling, they both contain and are bounded by space. They can be constructed of a wide variety of materials. But the range of vessels - across history and across cultures - are unified in their potential for practical functioning, whether or not a particular object is in fact made to be used in its particular context. In this volume, four essays by leading scholars tackle the category of the vessel in a comparative conversation between classical Greece, late antique Rome, pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and ancient China. By considering the material properties of the object as container, the interactions between user and artefact, and the power of the vessel as both conceptual category and material metaphor, they argue that many vessels - and assemblages of vessels - were sites of remarkable workmanship and considerable ingenuity, smart and sophisticated commentaries on the very categories that they embody. In placing these individual case studies in dialogue, the volume offers an art historical and cross-cultural study of vessels in ancient societies, considering both objects and their archaeological contexts. Its aim is to make illuminating comparisons, contrasts, and interpretations by juxtaposing traditions. In keeping with the aims of the series, it serves as a model for a new kind of comparative art history, one which emphasizes material culture and is attentive to questions of evidence and method, yet remains historically grounded and contextually sensitive.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198832575
ISBN-13
9780198832577
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24038255349

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Book Title
Vessels : the Object As Container
Author
Claudia Brittenham
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Ancient / General, General, Customs & Traditions, Hand Tools
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Art, House & Home, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
196 Pages

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Item Length
9.8in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
7.6in
Item Weight
22.4 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Gn436.8
Reviews
Innovative ... four authors discuss different sorts of objects as 'containers' - Attic pots, Roman cosmetic caskets, anthropomorphic Mayan vases, and 'ritual vessels in a fourth century BCE Chinese tomb'., "Innovative ... four authors discuss different sorts of objects as 'containers' DS Attic pots, Roman cosmetic caskets, anthropomorphic Mayan vases, and 'ritual vessels in a fourth century BCE Chinese tomb'." -- Michael Squire, Greece & Rome, "Innovative ... four authors discuss different sorts of objects as 'containers' 'e" Attic pots, Roman cosmetic caskets, anthropomorphic Mayan vases, and 'ritual vessels in a fourth century BCE Chinese tomb'." -- Michael Squire, Greece & Rome, "Innovative ... four authors discuss different sorts of objects as 'containers' - Attic pots, Roman cosmetic caskets, anthropomorphic Mayan vases, and 'ritual vessels in a fourth century BCE Chinese tomb'." -- Michael Squire, Greece & Rome
Table of Content
FrontmatterList of IllustrationsList of ContributorsIntroduction1. Ancient Greek Vessels between Sea, Earth, and Clouds2. A Roman Vessel for Cosmetics: Form, Decoration, and Subjectivity in the Muse Casket3. When Pots Had Legs: Body Metaphors on Maya Vessels4. Practice and Discourse: Ritual Vessels in a Fourth-Century BCE Chinese TombEndmatterIndex
Copyright Date
2019
Lccn
2019-934391
Dewey Decimal
930.1
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Visual Conversations in Art and Archaeology Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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