Vessels: The Object As Container

What is a vessel? In this volume, four essays by leading scholars tackle the category of vessels in ancient Greece, Rome, China, and pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, offering an innovative comparative art history of vessels in ancient societies.

Claudia Brittenham, Associate Professor of Art History and the College, University of Chicago

Claudia Brittenham is Associate Professor of Art History and the College at the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on the art of Mesoamerica, especially Central Mexico and the Maya area, with particular interests in the materiality of art and the politics of style. She is the author of The Murals of Cacaxtla: The Power of Painting in Ancient Central Mexico (University of Texas Press, 2015), The Spectacle of the Late Maya Court: Reflections on the Murals of Bonampak (University of Texas Press, 2013; co-authored with Mary Miller), and Veiled Brightness: A History of Ancient Maya Color (University of Texas Press, 2009; co-authored with Stephen Houston, Cassandra Mesick, Alexandre Tokovinine, and Christina Warinner).