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Vessels - The Object as Container (Hardcover)
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Vessels - The Object as Container (Hardcover)
Series: Visual Conversations in Art and Archaeology Series
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Vessels can take many forms: as objects made for human interaction
and handling, they both contain and are bounded by space. They can
be constructed of a wide variety of materials. But the range of
vessels - across history and across cultures - are unified in their
potential for practical functioning, whether or not a particular
object is in fact made to be used in its particular context. In
this volume, four essays by leading scholars tackle the category of
the vessel in a comparative conversation between classical Greece,
late antique Rome, pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and ancient China. By
considering the material properties of the object as container, the
interactions between user and artefact, and the power of the vessel
as both conceptual category and material metaphor, they argue that
many vessels - and assemblages of vessels - were sites of
remarkable workmanship and considerable ingenuity, smart and
sophisticated commentaries on the very categories that they embody.
In placing these individual case studies in dialogue, the volume
offers an art historical and cross-cultural study of vessels in
ancient societies, considering both objects and their
archaeological contexts. Its aim is to make illuminating
comparisons, contrasts, and interpretations by juxtaposing
traditions. In keeping with the aims of the series, it serves as a
model for a new kind of comparative art history, one which
emphasizes material culture and is attentive to questions of
evidence and method, yet remains historically grounded and
contextually sensitive.
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