Romano-British Mosaic Pavements
Author : Thomas Morgan
Publisher :
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 39,82 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : Thomas Morgan
Publisher :
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 39,82 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Author : Anthony Beeson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,40 MB
Release : 2022
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781445689883
A lavishly illustrated look at the history of Roman mosaics in Britain, from a renowned expert in the field.
Author : John Ward
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 29,55 MB
Release : 1911
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Michael Dawson
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1789698324
Antiquarian interest in the Roman period mosaics of Britain began in the 16th century. This book is the first to explore responses and attitudes to mosaics, not just at the point of discovery but during their subsequent history. It is a field which has received scant attention and provides a compelling insight into the agency of these remains.
Author : Peter Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Shire Publications
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 18,84 MB
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Neil Andrew Cookson
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 39,20 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Design
ISBN :
Author : Alexis Belis
Publisher : J. Paul Getty Museum
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,72 MB
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606064979
The mosaics in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum span the second through the sixth centuries AD and reveal the diversity of compositions found throughout the Roman Empire during this period. Elaborate floors of stone and glass tesserae transformed private dwellings and public buildings alike into spectacular settings of vibrant color, figural imagery, and geometric design. Scenes from mythology, nature, daily life, and spectacles in the arena enlivened interior spaces and reflected the cultural ambitions of wealthy patrons. This online catalogue documents all of the mosaics in the Getty Museum’s collection, presenting their artistry in new color photography as well as the contexts of their discovery and excavation across Rome's expanding empire—from its center in Italy to provinces in southern Gaul, North Africa, and ancient Syria. The free online edition of this open-access catalogue, available at www.getty.edu/publications/romanmosaics/, includes zoomable high-resolution photography, embedded glossary terms and additional comparative images, and interactive maps drawn from the Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire. Also available are free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book, CSV and JSON downloads of the object data from the catalogue, and JPG and PPT downloads of the main catalogue images.
Author : Anthony Beeson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 25,69 MB
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 1445689898
A lavishly illustrated look at the history of Roman mosaics in Britain, from a renowned expert in the field.
Author : Umberto Pappalardo
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,83 MB
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 0789213397
The best-illustrated survey of a spectacular ancient art, now available in an affordable edition Mosaic has been called “painting for eternity,” and it is in fact one of the few arts of antiquity to survive in something like its original condition and variety. Mosaic pavements with geometric and figural motifs first appeared in Greece at the end of the fifth century BC and subsequently spread throughout the classical world, from the palaces of emperors and kings to even relatively modest private homes. Across the Mediterranean, local workshops cultivated many distinctive regional styles, while traveling teams of Hellenistic craftsmen produced figural mosaics of stunning refinement, often modeled after famous paintings; indeed, their work constitutes one of our only records of classical Greek painting, which has been almost entirely lost. The styles and techniques of the ancient mosaicist’s art are given a concise yet authoritative exposition in the first part of this handsome volume. The second, and larger, part conducts the reader on a chronologically ordered tour of the most important centers of the art form’s development, from the Macedonian capital of Pella, whose compositions in natural pebbles set a high artistic standard for mosaics at the beginning of their history, to the Basilica of San Vitale at Ravenna, whose wall and vault mosaics, with their glittering vision of a triumphant Christianity, mark the transition between antiquity and the Middle Ages. Special attention is given to Pompeii and its surroundings, where the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 preserved intact an astonishing variety of mosaics, including such ambitious figural scenes as the famous Alexander Mosaic, composed of some four million miniscule tesserae, as well as characteristically Roman pavements in black and white, and the brightly colored wall mosaics of garden grottoes. Featuring more than 230 vibrant photographs, many newly commissioned, Greek and Roman Mosaics is the first survey of its subject to be illustrated in full color. It will be an essential visual reference for every student of classical antiquity, and a source of considerable delight for art lovers.
Author : Katherine M. D. Dunbabin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 20,59 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780521002301
This book provides a comprehensive account of mosaics in the ancient world from the early pebble mosaics of Greece to the pavements of Christian churches in the East. Separate chapters in Part I cover the principal regions of the Roman Empire in turn, in order to bring out the distinctive characteristics of their mosaic workshops. Questions of technique and production, of the role of mosaics in architecture, and of their social functions and implications are treated in Part II. The book discusses both well-known works and recent finds, and balances consideration of exceptional masterpieces against standard workshop production. Two main lines of approach are followed throughout: first, the role of mosaics as a significant art form, which over an unbroken span illuminates the evolution of pictorial style better than any comparable surviving medium; and secondly, their character as works of artisan production closely linked to their architectural context.