The Clothed Body in the Ancient World

by Liza Cleland

The recent renaissance of interest in the history of dress and its cultural importance is celebrated in this collection of interdisciplinary essays. The sixteen contributors present on-going research into the study of the clothed body in ancient Egypt and the Aegean, Classical Greece, Rome and Late Antiquity. Through literary and artistic evidence and film, they discuss how dress articulates and defines an individual within his or her given society,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842171658
• ISBN13: 9781842171653
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"