Art in Britain under the Romans / by J.M.C. Toynbee
1964, First Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #477999
Physical description: xxiv, 473, 99 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, plates ; 28 cm. Contents: Introduction -- The century and a half before the Roman conquest -- Sculpture in the round (in marble, stone, bronze, gold, silver, and pewter) -- Sculpture in relief (in marble and stone) -- Fresco painting -- Floor-mosaics -- Decorated metal-work (I) -- Decorated metal-work (II) -- Decorated lead-work -- Small carvings in stucco, ivory, bone, jet, shale, and precious stones -- Figured glass -- Figured pottery (I) -- Figured pottery (II) -- Epilogue: art in Dark Age Britain. Subjects: Art Great Britain. Classical antiquities. England Antiquities Roman.
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