The Mosaics of Aphrodisias in Caria
Author : Sheila D. Campbell
Publisher : PIMS
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 13,22 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780888443670
Antioch Mosaics
Author : Fatih Cimok
Publisher :
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 17,65 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Design
ISBN :
Book Description
This book includes the most important Antioch mosaic pavements displayed in the Hatay Archaeological Museum at Antakya, Turkey, seventeen different institutions in the USA and the Louvre. The mosaics were brought to light in and around Antioch on the Orantes (Antakya), Seleucia Pieria (Cevlik) and Daphne (Defne) in 1932-37.
The Mosaics of Antioch
Author : Charles Rufus Morey
Publisher :
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 42,53 MB
Release : 1938
Category : Antioch (Turkey)
ISBN :
Book Description
Antioch
Author : Christine Kondoleon
Publisher :
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 32,2 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691049335
Book Description
Featuring 118 objects excavated from the city's ruins, all reproduced in full color, Antioch: The Lost Ancient City recreates the spatial sensation, visual splendor, and cultural richness of this urban center."--Jacket.
Roman Mosaics in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author : Alexis Belis
Publisher : J. Paul Getty Museum
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781606064979
Book Description
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.
Mosaics in the Medieval World
Author : Liz James
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1748 pages
File Size : 13,82 MB
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 1108508596
Book Description
In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages. Taking into account a wide range of issues, including style and iconography, technique and material, and function and patronage, she examines mosaics within their historical context. She asks why the mosaic was such a popular medium and considers how mosaics work as historical 'documents' that tell us about attitudes and beliefs in the medieval world. The book is divided into two part. Part I explores the technical aspects of mosaics, including glass production, labour and materials, and costs. In Part II, James provides a chronological history of mosaics, charting the low and high points of mosaic art up until its abrupt end in the late middle ages. Written in a clear and engaging style, her book will serve as an essential resource for scholars and students of medieval mosaics.
Mosaics as History
Author : G. W. Bowersock
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,9 MB
Release : 2006-11-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780674022928
Book Description
In the past century, exploration and serendipity have uncovered mosaic after mosaic in the Near East—maps, historical images and religious scenes constituting a treasure of new testimony from antiquity. In them, Bowersock finds historical evidence, illustrations of literary and mythological tradition, religious icons, and monuments to civic pride.
Mosaics of Faith
Author : Rina Talgam
Publisher : Penn State University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 19,21 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Art
ISBN :
Book Description
An analytical history of the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad, and Early Abbasidmosaics in the Holy Land from the second century B.C.E to eighth century C.E.
Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World
Author : Katherine M. D. Dunbabin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 12,16 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780521002301
Book Description
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.
Domestic and Divine
Author : Christine Kondoleon
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 29,97 MB
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 1501727419
Book Description
Built on the southwestern coast of Cyprus in the second century A.D., the House of Dionysos is full of clues to a distant life—in the corner of a portico, shards of pottery, a clutch of Roman coins found on a skeleton under a fallen wall—yet none is so evocative as the intricate mosaic floors that lead the eye from room to room, inscribing in their colored images the traditions, aspirations, and relations of another world. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Christine Kondoleon conducts us through the House of Dionysos, showing us what its interior decoration discloses about its inhabitants and their time. Seen from within the context of the house, the mosaics become eloquent witnesses to an elusive dialogue between inhabitants and guests, and to the intermingling of public and private. Kondoleon draws on the insights of art history and archaeology to show what the mosaics in the House of Dionysos can tell us about these complex relations. She explores the issues of period and regional styles, workshop traditions, the conditions of patronage, and the forces behind iconographic change. Her work marks a major advance, not just in the study of Roman mosaics, but in our knowledge of Roman society.
