1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910574869003321

Titolo

Textiles in Ancient Mediterranean Iconography / / edited by Susanna Harris, Cecilie Brøns, Marta Żuchowska

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, UK ; ; Philadelphia : , : Oxbow Books, , 2022

ISBN

1-78925-722-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Ancient textiles series

Disciplina

677.009

Soggetti

Textile fabrics - History

Textile fabrics, Ancient

Textile fabrics in art

Mediterranean Region

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Author biographies -- 1. Introduction: Approaching textiles in ancient Mediterranean iconography / Cecilie Brons, Susanna Harris, and Marta Zuchowska -- 2. Textile Production in Aegean Glyptic: Interpreting small-scale representations on seals and sealings from Bronze Age Greece / Agata Ulanowska -- 3. Textiles and Iconography in the Bronze Age Aegean Scripts: tela logogram and the ligatured endogram te / Rachele Pierini -- 4. Loom or Lyre: A dual reading of iconography from the Iron Age II site of Kunitllet 'Ajrud / Thaddeus Nelson -- 5. Abundance and Splendour: Textiles on Archaic Greek statues of young women (korai) / Susanna Harris -- 6. The Color of Cult: Artemis Brauronia and the krokotos / Daphne Martin -- 7. Furniture Textiles in Classical and Hellenistic Iconography / Demi Andrianou -- 8. Ideology, Gender and Textile Production: The iconography of women in the Iberian Culture / Riccardo Basso Rial -- 9. All that Glitters is Gold: Golden textiles in the ancient Mediterranean / Cecilie Brons -- 10. Arachne Revisited: Hubris and Technology in the Forum Transitorium Frieze, Rome / Magdalena OEhrman -- 11. Fringed Clothing in Roman Iconography and Written Sources / Kelly Olson -- 12. Between Realism and Artistic Convention: Woollen mantles in the iconography of Roman Palmyra / Marta Zuchowska -- 13. Reading Dress and Identity in the Roman Mosaics of Carthage and Tabarka /



Amy Place -- 14. EpilogueMary Harlow -- Glossary -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This volume provides an ambitious synopsis of the complex, colourful world of textiles in ancient Mediterranean iconography. A wealth of information on ancient textiles is available from depictions such as sculpture, vase painting, figurines, reliefs and mosaics. Commonly represented in clothing, textiles are also present in furnishings and through the processes of textile production. The challenge for anyone analysing ancient iconography is determining how we interpret what we see. As preserved textiles rarely survive in comparable forms, we must consider the extent to which representations of textiles reflect reality, and critically evaluate the sources. Images are not simple replicas or photographs of reality. Instead, iconography draws on select elements from the surrounding world that were recognisable to the ancient audience, and reveal the perceptions, ideologies, and ideas of the society in which they were produced. Through examining the durable evidence, this anthology reveals the ephemeral world of textiles and their integral role in the daily life, cult and economy of the ancient Mediterranean"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820987603321

Autore

Bell Leonard <1945->

Titolo

Colonial constructs : European images of Maori, 1840-1914 / / Leonard Bell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland : , : Auckland University Press, , 1992

ISBN

1-77558-535-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Disciplina

760/.0449993004994

Soggetti

Māori (New Zealand people) in art

Art, European - 19th century

Art, European - 20th century

New Zealand In art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-287) and index.



Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The 1840's and Early 1850's: G. F. Angas, S. C. Brees, R. A. Oliver, J. J. Merrett, C. Clarke, W. Beetham, and J. W. Carmichael; 2 Gilfillan and Strutt; 3 Representations of Maori by Artists Active in New Zealand in the 1860's; 4 Late Nineteenth-/Early Twentieth-Century Historical Paintings; 5 Lindauer's Paintings of Maori Customs and Legend; 6 Wilhelm Dittmer; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

How did the European settler perceive Maori? What images of Maori society and culture did European artists create for their distant audiences? What preconceptions and aesthetic models lay behind early European depictions of Maori? These are some of the questions explored by art historian Leonard Bell in this major study of the relationship between the visual representation of Maori and the ideology of colonialism. He explores the complex and unbalanced cultural interchange between Europeans and Maori in nineteenth-century New Zealand, in addition to showing how the great range and