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• Title : Luxus: The Sumptuous Arts of Greece and Rome
• Author : Kenneth Lapatin
• Rating : 4.67 (874 Vote)
• Publish : 2014-8-7
• Format : Hardcover
• Pages : 296 Pages
• Asin : 1606064223
• Language : English

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In contrast to other histories of ancient art that typically privilege well-preserved works of ceramics or stone, Luxus offers an integrated contextual analysis of artifacts fashioned from a wide variety of luxury materials, which survive in far greater number than is typically supposed. The book then goes on to address a broad range of luxury goods, such as intaglios, cameos, vessels, and statuettes, providing a full and multifaceted account of luxury in the ancient world.. Each plate is accompanied by extensive documentation and discursive commentary. An introductory chapter explores the ideologies and uses of the luxury arts in ancient Greece and Rome, considers ancient debates about their value, and traces their decline in modern historiography. These include gold and silver, semiprecious hard stones, and organic materials, such as ivory, fine woods, amber, pearl, coral,

About the AuthorKenneth Lapatin is associate curator in the Department of Antiquities at the J. He is the editor of The Berthouville Silver Treasure and Roman Luxury (Getty Publications, 2014) and coeditor of The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection (Getty Publications, 2012).. Paul Getty Museum

Kenneth Lapatin is associate curator in the Department of Antiquities at the J. He is the editor of The Berthouville Silver Treasure and Roman Luxury (Getty Publications, 2014) and coeditor of The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection (Getty Publications, 2012).. Paul Getty Museum