The propaganda role of late-ancient toreutics in romania Cover Image

Rolul propagandistic al toreuticii antic-târzii din românia
The propaganda role of late-ancient toreutics in romania

Author(s): Ioana-Iulia Olaru
Subject(s): History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Visual Arts, Ethnohistory, Sociology of Art
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: umbo; gladius; lorica; rython; oenochoe; donariu; tamga; thuribulum

Summary/Abstract: Whether we speak about guns, pots, lighting or toilet objects, late-ancient toreutics on the territory of the provinces from the north of Danube – Dacia and Scythia Minor – is one of the decorative arts in which the phenomenon of interpenetration of the two eras that shake hands now (ancient and medieval) again proves that this age is self-reliant. Consequently, Late Antiquity is a period of transition on the territory of Romania, also, but an actual one, at least from an artistic point of view in which the stylistic vision combines the research of the end of Classical Antiquity with the Paleo-Christian transformations regarding shapes, decorations, destinations

  • Issue Year: 23/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-34
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian