Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Note on the Text xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. A Beautiful Mind: Patterns of Thought and the Decoration of Textiles 18
8. 2. Brazen Charm: The Vitality of Archaic Armour 64
9. 3. Mind Tools: Art, Artifice and Animation 95
10. 4. The Protean Shape of Lyric Poikilia 127
11. 5. Metis and the Mechanics of the Mind 162
12. 6. The Materiality of Feminine Guile 196
13. Conclusions 223
14. Bibliography 230
15. Index Locorum 256
16. Subject index 264