Silver and Society in Late Antiquity
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Ars Sacra
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Byzantine material culture
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Central Medallion
Christian ritual artefacts
Consular Diptychs
David Plates
elite social identity antiquity
Emperor's Image
Emperor’s Image
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Hoxne Treasure
Imperial Iconography
imperial iconography analysis
Ivory Diptychs
Kaiseraugst Treasure
Kaper Koraon
Late Antique
Late Antique Art
Late Antique Culture
Late Antique Emperors
Late Antique Silver
late antique silver plate symbolism
Late Antique Viewer
late Roman luxury objects
Liber Pontificalis
Liturgical Silver
Liturgical Vessels
Mildenhall Treasure
Nea Paphos
Reliquary Caskets
Sevso Treasure
Thetford Treasure
visual culture transformation
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780754607281
- Weight: 799g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jan 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The spectacular hoards of late antique silver - Mildenhall, Thetford, Sevso - discovered since the middle of the last century have aroused much interest in this luxury art form. But what did these pieces mean to their owners, and why was silverware so important in late antiquity? Silver and Society in Late Antiquity examines such questions through an integrated, synthetic analysis of the history of silver in the Roman empire between 300 and 650 AD, focusing upon the cultural significance of this luxury art form in all its different manifestations--sacred, imperial and domestic. Ruth Leader-Newby looks at a wide range of objects from both the eastern and western halves of the Roman empire - including Britain - in order to determine silver's role in the wider sphere of late antique visual culture, asking questions about the relative significance of individual forms of artistic production, and their relationship with each other. In doing so, key issues for the artistic and cultural history of late antiquity are raised - the use of the imperial image, the visual construction of the sacred in Christianity, the cohesive social role of elite intellectual culture, and the Christianization of the domestic sphere. As this book demonstrates, when studied in its historical context, silver can substantially enrich our understanding of late Roman art and culture.
Ruth E. Leader-Newby
