Greek and Roman textiles and dress : an interdisciplinary anthology / edited by Mary Harlow and Marie-Louise Nosch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harlow, Mary, 1956- editor.

Nosch, Marie-Louise, editor.

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Series:

Ancient textiles series ; 19.

Ancient textiles series ; volume 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textile fabrics, Ancient--Greece.

Textile fabrics, Ancient.

Textile fabrics, Roman.

Clothing and dress--Greece--History--To 500.

Clothing and dress.

Clothing and dress--Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Twenty chapters present the range of current research into the study of textiles and dress in classical antiquity, stressing the need for cross and inter-disciplinarity study in order to gain the fullest picture of surviving material. Issues addressed include: the importance of studying textiles to understand economy and landscape in the past; different types of embellishments of dress from weaving techniques to the (late introduction) of embroidery; the close links between the language of ancient mathematics and weaving; the relationships of iconography to the realities of clothed bodies incl

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Chapter 1: Weaving the Threads: methodologies in textile and dress research for the Greekand Roman world - the state of the art and the case for cross-disciplinarityby Mary Harlow and Marie-Louise Nosch; Chapter 2: Embellishment Techniques of Classical Greek Textiles by Stella Spantidaki; Chapter 3: The Importance of Beginnings: gender and reproduction in mathematics and weavingby Ellen Harlizius-Klück; Chapter 4: Representation and Realities: fibulas and pins in Greek and Near Eastern iconographyby Cecilie Brøns

Chapter 5: Dressing the Citharode: a chapter in Greek musical and cultic imagery by Marco ErcolesChapter 6: Alchemical Textiles: colourful garments, recipes and dyeing techniquesin Graeco-Roman Egyptby Matteo Martelli; Chapter 7: The Conservation of a 5th-Century BC Excavated Textile Find from the KerameikosCemetery at Athensby Christina Margariti and Maria Kinti; Chapter 8: Transport Amphoras and Loomweights: integrating elements of ancientGreek economies?by Mark L. Lawall; Chapter 9: The Wool Basket: function, depiction and meaning of the kalathosby Elisabeth Trinkl

Chapter 10: Unravelling the Tangled Threads of Ancient Embroidery: a compilation ofwritten sources and archaeologically preserved textilesby Kerstin Droß-Krüpe and Annette Paetz gen. SchieckChapter 11: New Archaeological Data for the Understanding of Weaving in Herakleia,Southern Basilicata, Italyby Francesco Meo; Chapter 12: Roman Art: what can it tell us about dress and textiles? A discussionon the use of visual evidence as sources for textile researchby Lena Larsson Lovén

Chapter 13: Where Marble Meets Colour: surface texturing of hair, skin and dress on Romanmarble portraits as support for painted polychromyby Amalie SkovmøllerChapter 14: Dressing the Adulteressby Jessica Dixon; Chapter 15: Looking Between Loom and Laundry: vision and communication in Ostianfulling workshopsby Elizabeth Bevis; Chapter 16: Roman Textiles and Barbarians: some observations on textile exchangebetween the Roman Empire and Barbaricumby Zofia Kaczmarek; Chapter 17: The Multiple Functions and Lives of a Textile: the reuse of a garmentby Ines Bogensperger

Chapter 18: Discovering Late Antique Textiles in the Public Collections in Spain:an interdisciplinary research projectby Laura Rodríguez Peinado, Ana Cabrera Lafuente, Enrique Parra Cregoand Luis Turell CollChapter 19: A New Approach to the Understanding of Historic Textilesby Pilar Borrego and Carmen Vega; Chapter 20: Burial Threads: a late antique textile and the iconography of the VirginAnnunciate spinningby Catherine C. Taylor

Notes:

This anthology is the second volume of two which group interdisciplinary contributions to the field of textile research. The first volume is Mary Harlow, Cécile Michel & Marie-Louise Nosch (eds), Prehistoric, Ancient Near Eastern and Aegean Textiles and Dress : an interdisciplinary anthology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782977162

1782977163

9781782977186

178297718X