Description and condition: Softcover, 8vo, 224pp, index, glossary, bibliography, notes and references, b/w and colour illustrations. Very good, light cover wear, nice bright clean pages throughout. Contents: The art of the Celts; art in the era of the conquest; art and the Roman army; the uses of art in Roman Britain; natives and strangers in Roman Britain; artists and their patrons; art in late Roman Britain; attitudes to the art of Roman Britain. Covering: stone and bronze statuary, wall-painting and mosaics, jewellery-making, silversmithing, furniture design, figure pottery, figurines and appliques. |