A globalised visual culture? : towards a geography of late antique art : edited by Fabio Guidetti and Katharina Meinecke

• HerausgeberIn: Guidetti, Fabio; Meinecke, Katharina 1979-
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Classification: 15.28 - Römisches Reich; 15.29 - Byzantinisches Reich; 20.20 - Ikonographie
• Physical Description: iv, 379 Seiten, 32 ungezählte Seiten; Illustrationen, Karten, Pläne
• Notes: Bibliographie Seite 373-379

Late Antique artefacts, and the images they carry, attest to a highly connected visual culture from ca. 300 to 800 C.E. On the one hand, the same decorative motifs and iconographies are found across various genres of visual and material culture, irrespective of social and economic differences among their users - for instance in mosaics, architectural decoration, and luxury arts (silver plate, textiles, ivories), as well as in everyday objects such as tableware, lamps, and pilgrim vessels. On the other hand, they are also spread in geographically distant regions, mingled with local elements, far beyond the traditional borders of the classical world. At the same time, foreign motifs, especially of Germanic and Sasanian origin, are attested in Roman territories. This volume aims at investigating the reasons behind this seemingly globalised visual culture spread across the Late Antique world, both within the borders of the (former) Roman and (later) Byzantine Empire and beyond, bringing together diverse approaches characteristic of different national and disciplinary traditions. The presentation of a wide range of relevant case studies chosen from different geographical and cultural contexts exemplifies the vast scale of the phenomenon and demonstrates the benefit of addressing such a complex historical question with a combination of different theoretical approaches. (Quelle: https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/a-globalised-visual-culture.html)