KENNETH LAPATIN is associate curator in the Department of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum. He is the editor of The Berthouville Silver Treasure and Roman Luxury (Getty Publications, 2014), and coeditor of The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection (Getty Publications, 2012).
"""[This book offers] ancient visual and literary testimony that asserts the ubiquity of luxury craft production throughout antiquity. . . . Since the book offers such a nuanced perspective on Greco-Roman luxury crafts, their production, and their profound connection to daily life, it is highly recommended for all those who value the study of material culture."" -- ""Classical Association of the Middle West and South"" ""All of these artifacts are truly worthy of admiration, and Lapatin is to be congratulated for a volume rich in visual evidence as well as insight. Since the book offers such a nuanced perspective on Greco-Roman luxury crafts, their production, and their profound connection to daily life, it is highly recommended for all those who value the study of material culture.""-- ""Classical Journal Online"""