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The art of Roman Britain

Title: The art of Roman Britain / Martin Henig.
Author: Henig, Martin.
Publication: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1995.

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224 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Summary

With the help of over 100 illustrations, many of them little known, Dr Henig shows that the art produced in Britannia - particularly in the golden age of Late Antiquity - not only rivals that of other provinces but deserves comparison with the art of metropolitan Rome. After showing how a distinctive style emerged from the fusion of the Celtic and Roman traditions, he details the vital part played by art in the daily life of both the army and the civilian population.
He also distinguishes carefully between the work of foreign artists in Britain, Romano-British and Romano-Gaulish provincial art (as well as other provincial styles) and the native British work of the period.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-212) and index.

Contents

1. The Art of the Celts -- 2. Art in the Era of the Conquest -- 3. Art and the Roman Army -- 4. The Uses of Art in Roman Britain -- 5. Natives and Strangers in Roman Britain -- 6. Artists and their Patrons -- 7. Art in Late Roman Britain -- 8. Attitudes to the Art of Roman Britain.

ISBN

0472106813

LCCN

95159696

OCLC

32932180
ocm32932180
SCSB-3276284

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Columbia University Libraries