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Download or read book Word Becomes Image Openwork vessels as a reflection of Late Antique transformation written by Hallie G. Meredith and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a diachronic investigation providing a rich case study as well as an approach tracing the contours of a category of Roman material culture defined by the Roman period technique of openwork carving. This work shows how openwork vessels are a reflection of a wide-reaching Roman cultural aesthetic.

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