The Waiting-Servant Motif in a Late Antique Textile in Chicago: Iconography, Visuality, and Materiality

This article explores the use and adaptation of the iconographic motif of the waiting servant, known primarily from late Roman wall paintings, mosaics, and other media, within the sphere of Late Antique furnishing textiles. Taking as a case study a fifth- to sixth-century CE hanging in the Art Insti...

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Main Author: Katharine A. Raff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Arts
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/11/3/64