This first study of Cotswold sculpture as a whole offers detailed catalogue entries and over 300 illustrations providing a full record of the material.

Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani: Great BritainVolume I Fascicule 7: Roman Sculpture from the Cotswold Region with Devon and Cornwall

Arts & Photography

Henig. Martin

History & Criticism

Oxford University Press

This, the tenth fascicule in the British section of the international series Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani, concerns Roman sculpture from south-east England. Over 200 individual items are catalogued, from the counties of Kent, Surrey and Hertfordshire, as well as from Greater London. In contrast to the rest of Britain, this region has yielded a substantial collection of marble and bronze statuary. The sculptures from the Temple of Mithras in London are notable highlights, as are the busts probably of the emperor Pertinax and his father from the villa at Lullingstone. The famous head of Hadrian from the Thames is one of only three bronze statues of that emperor from the entire Roman world. Scarcely less impressive is the limestone sculpture, which includes important funerary monuments and sarcophagi, alongside depictions of Classical and Romano-British deities. In the last of these categories, a Matronae relief with four rather than the usual three matrons, and several representations of a Hunter God are particularly intriguing. A substantial part of the book concerns architectural sculpture, in particular fragments of three major monuments: the quadrifrons arch at Richborough, and a small arch and screen from London. The figural and floral motifs on the London monuments are analysed in detail, revealing close links with contemporary sculpture in the Rhineland. For the first time in the British CSIR series, this fascicule contains a comprehensive study of the types and sources of the stone. Nearly every item was examined visually by an archaeological petrologist, Dr Kevin Haywood, and approaching half in thin-section. It emerges that in the early Roman period sculptors in Kent used stone quarried in northern France rather than Britain, so demonstrating the importance of cross-Channel connections in the formative years of the province of Britannia.

Roman Sculpture from London and the South-East (Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani)

Coombe, Penny

Grew, Frances

Hayward, Kevin

British Academy

Apart from Christianity and the Oriental Cults, religion in Roman Britain is often discussed as though it remained basically Celtic in belief and practice, under a thin veneer of Roman influence. Using a wide range of archaeological evidence, Dr Henig shows that the Roman element in religion was of much greater significance and that the natural Roman veneration for the gods found meaningful expression even in the formal rituals practised in the public temples of Britain.

Religion in Roman Britain

History

World

St.Martin's Press

The Art of Roman Britain: New in Paperback

With the help of over 100 illustrations, many of them little known, Martin Henig shows that the art produced in Britannia--particularly in the golden age of Late Antiquity--rivals that of other provinces and deserves comparison with the art of metropolitan Rome. The originality and breadth of Henig's study is shown by its systematic coverage, embracing both the major arts--stone and bronze statuary, wall-painting and mosaics--and such applied arts as jewelery-making, silversmithing, furniture design, figure pottery, figurines and appliques. The author explains how the various workshops were organized, the part played by patronage and the changes that occurred in the fourth century.

Routledge

With the help of over 100 illustrations, many of them little known, Dr Henig shows that the art produced in Britannia - particularly in the golden age of Late Antiquity - not only rivals that of other provinces but deserves comparison with the art of metropolitan Rome. After showing how a distinctive style emerged from the fusion of the Celtic and Roman traditions, he details the vital part played by art in the daily life of both the army and the civilian population. He also distinguishes carefully between the work of foreign artists in Britain, Romano-British and Romano-Gaulish provincial art (as well as other provincial styles) and the native British work of the period.

Art in Roman Britain

Univ of Michigan Pr

B.T. Batsford

THE ART OF ROMAN BRITAIN.

Batsford Books Ltd

Henig, Mr Martin

Ancient Civilizations

Oxfordshire has a great wealth and variety of Roman remains, from rich villas in the Cotswolds, peasant villages and settlements in the Thames Valley, and the walled towns of Alchester and Dorchester, to the temple complexes of Frilford and Woodeaton, and the extensive pottery industry around Oxford itself. This volume surveys the Roman period in Oxfordshire. It summarizes the Iron Age settlement of the area and assessing the impact of the Roman conquest. The book covers the social and economic history as well as the archaeology of the area.

Roman Oxfordshire

Booth, Paul

Sutton Pub Ltd

Examines the architecture, sculpture, murals, mosaics, jewelry, coins, pottery and glass produced in ancient Rome

A Handbook of Roman Art: Survey of the Visual Arts of Roman World

Cornell University Press

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Henig. Martin. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Henig. Martin