Barbaric Splendour: The Use of Image Before and After Rome - Softcover

Toby F. Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1789696593 ISBN 13: 9781789696592

Publisher: Archaeopress, 2020

Synopsis

Barbaric Splendour: the use of image before and after Rome comprises a collection of essays comparing late Iron Age and Early Medieval art. Though this is an unconventional approach, there are obvious grounds for comparison. Images from both periods revel in complex compositions in which it is hard to distinguish figural elements from geometric patterns. Moreover, in both periods, images rarely stood alone and for their own sake. Instead, they decorated other forms of material culture, particularly items of personal adornment and weaponry. The key comparison, however, is the relationship of these images to those of Rome. Fundamentally, the book asks what making images meant on the fringe of an expanding or contracting empire, particularly as the art from both periods drew heavily from - but radically transformed - imperial imagery.

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About the Author

Toby Martin currently works as a lecturer at Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education, where he specialises in adult and online education. His research concentrates on theoretical and interpretative aspects of material culture in Early Medieval Europe. Wendy Morrison currently works for the Chilterns Conservation Board managing the NLHF funded Beacons of the Past Hillforts project, the UK's largest high-res archaeological LiDAR survey. She also is Senior Associate Tutor for Archaeology at the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Archaeopress
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789696593
• ISBN 13: 9781789696592
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152
• Editor: Toby F. Martin, Wendy Morrison