Temples are the most prestigious buildings in the urban landscape of ancient Italy, emerging within a network of centres of the then-known Mediterranean world. Notwithstanding the fragmentary condition of the buildings' remains, these monuments – and especially their richly decorated roofs – are crucial sources of information on the constitution of political, social and craft identities, acting as agents in displaying the meaning of images. The subject of this volume is thematic and includes material from the Eastern Mediterranean (including Greece and Turkey). Contributors discuss the network between patron elites and specialized craft communities that were responsible for the sophisticated terracotta decoration of temples in Italy between 600 and 100 BC, focusing on the mobility of craft people and craft traditions and techniques, asking how images, iconographies, practices and materials can be used to explain the organization of ancient production, distribution and consumption. Special attention has been given to relations with the Eastern Mediterranean (Greece and Anatolia). Investigating craft communities, workshop organizations and networks has never been thoroughly undertaken for this period and region, nor for this exceptionally rich category of materials, or for the craftspeople producing the architectural terracottas. Papers in this volume aim to improve our understanding of roof production and construction in this period, to reveal relationships between main production centres, and to study the possible influences of immigrant craftspeople.

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Publisher

Oxbow Books

Year

2019

ISBN

9781789253115

Topic

Architecture

Subtopic

History of Architecture

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Title
Copyright
Author
Editorial
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NANCY WINTER, A LIFE-LONG DEDICATION TO ARCHITECTURAL TERRACOTTAS
INTRODUCTION TO DELICIAE FICTILES V
KEY-NOTE – Architectural Terracottas and the Historian – CHRISTOPHER SMITH
I BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
II EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
III ITALY
Collections
Sicily
Calabria, Campania, Apulia
Molise, Abruzzo, Marche
Sardinia
Lazio and Central Italy
Umbria, Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna
ABSTRACTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
COLOUR PLATES