A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity / edited by Robin Osborne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Osborne, Robin, 1957- editor.

Series:

Cultural histories series

Cultural history of objects ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture.

Anthropology.

Archaeology (Classical Studies).

Cultural History (History).

Decorative Arts and Material Culture (Art).

Design.

Material Culture (Anth).

Local Subjects:

Anthropology.

Archaeology (Classical Studies).

Cultural History (History).

Decorative Arts and Material Culture (Art).

Design.

Material Culture (Anth).

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity covers the period 500 BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines and buildings to furniture and fashion. Many of our current attitudes to the world of things are shaped by ideas forged in classical antiquity. We now understand that we do not merely do things to objects, they do things to us. Reinterpreting objects in Greece and Rome casts new light on our understanding of ourselves and turns the ancient world upside down. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Objects examines how objects have been created, used, interpreted and set loose in the world over the last 2500 years. Over this time, the West has developed particular attitudes to the material world, at the centre of which is the idea of the object. The themes covered in each volume are objecthood; technology; economic objects; everyday objects; art; architecture; bodily objects; object worlds.

Notes:

Online resource; description from resource and publisher's metadata (viewed on 20 November 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474206860

1474206867

OCLC:

1285917531

Publisher Number:

193632

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.