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Roman Glass Reflections of Cultural Change McClung ~ Roman Glass Reflections on Cultural Change is a traveling exhibition organized by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology that illustrates how the craft of glassmaking was influenced by historical events and changing social values in the Roman World Glass a material developed in the eastern Mediterranean region largely came to Rome with its makers Syrian and Judaean craftsmen many of whom were slaves

Roman Glass Reflections on Cultural Change Stuart J ~ Roman Glass Reflections on Cultural Change Stuart J Fleming on FREE shipping on qualifying offers Follow the way social attitudes and historical events—among them slavery and materialism wars and plagues—influenced how glassworking developed in the Roman world from the midfirst century to the late sixth century Woven into this story is the place of glassware in Roman everyday life

Roman Glass Stuart J Fleming ~ Follow the way social attitudes and historical events—among them slavery and materialism wars and plagues—influenced how glassworking developed in the Roman world from the midfirst century to the late sixth century Woven into this story is the place of glassware in Roman everyday life from the ladyofthehouses cosmetic preparations each morning to the setting of table for the evening meal

Roman Glass Bard Graduate Center ~ Roman Glass Reflections on Cultural Change offered a new perspective and one that complemented the mission of the Bard Graduate Center by considering the decorative arts in a broad socioeconomic context Breaking with the tradition of treating this ancient glassware as an exceptional art form the exhibition instead placed glass in the more natural setting of a Roman household

Roman glass reflections on cultural change Stuart J ~ The heyday of Roman trade E12 Of slaves and Greeks E13 Ripples in the Golden Pond E14 Shifts of power lots of them E15 Watershed II The Constantine era E16 Burial customs in the eastern provinces E17 The forces of fashion E18 Motifs and motivations E19 Collapse in the West E20 Worlds apart E21

Roman Glass Stuart J Fleming ~ The volume was written to accompany the traveling exhibition Roman Glass Reflections on Cultural Change Through a series of vignettes the author tells the story of the development of the glass industry in the Roman Empire and the role of glass in the daily routines of the ancient Romans During the reign of Romes first emperor Augustus 27

Roman Glass Essay Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ~ Especially in the first half of the first century much Roman glass was made by casting and the forms and decoration of early Roman cast vessels demonstrate a strong Hellenistic influence The Roman glass industry owed a great deal to eastern Mediterranean glassmakers who first developed the skills and techniques that made glass so popular that it can be found on every archaeological site not only throughout the Roman empire but also in lands far beyond its frontiers

Bryn Mawr Classical Review 20000826 ~ He sees the finished glass vessels as the product of the influences of historic events changes in fashion and taste and finally advances in glass technology The result is the presentation of eight centuries of glass production and Roman cultural history presented for an audience with very little familiarity with the material

Roman glass Wikipedia ~ Roman glass objects have been recovered across the Roman Empire in domestic industrial and funerary contexts Glass was used primarily for the production of vessels although mosaic tiles and window glass were also produced Roman glass production developed from Hellenistic technical traditions initially concentrating on the production of intensely coloured cast glass vessels

Roman Glass Reflections on Cultural Change Penn Museum ~ Penn Museum objects that appeared in Roman Glass Reflections on Cultural Change 27 Sep 1997 18 Jun 1998 Objects appearing in Roman Glass Reflections on Cultural Change Exhibition Digital Collections Penn Museum