Roman Glass

Roman GlassThis lavishly illustrated book places glass in its social setting within the Roman household. The volume was written to accompany the traveling exhibition Roman Glass: Reflections on Cultural Change. Through a series of vignettes, the author tells the story of the development of the glass industry in the Roman Empire and the role of glass in the daily routines of the ancient Romans. During the reign of Rome's first emperor, Augustus (27 B. C. A. D.

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This volume compiles studies by Professor DaCosta Kaufmann on various topics in the history of art

The contributors assess the likelihood of sustaining new democratic regimes and discuss the feasibility of the promotion of democratization by outside parties

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Widely taught on Film Studies courses and in French Cultural Studies programmesLuc Besson is a popular and respected filmmaker who has achieved international fameA welcome addition to the French Film Directors series

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and often writes almost cinematically

Investigating a series of cutting-edge acoustic experiments in twentieth-century Britain

the authors offer an extended reference to the lifeways of early humans in the Americas