Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 069116942X ISBN 13: 9780691169422

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 2016

Riassunto

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.

Exhibition schedule:

• Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
  
  New York University
  
  February 25, 2016 - May 22, 2016
  
  http://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/design-identity
  

Su questo libro

L'autore

Thelma K. Thomas is currently an associate professor at the Instituteof Fine Arts of New York University. She is the author ofLate 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.

Dalla quarta di copertina

"This is a significant work. Designing Identity presents and discusses choice examples of Late Antique fabrics from American museums and introduces this little-known corpus to a wider public."--Henry Maguire, emeritus professor of the history of art, Johns Hopkins University

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 069116942X
• ISBN 13: 9780691169422
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 159
• Redattore: Thomas Thelma K.