Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World
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- Author: Katherine M. D. Dunbabin, McMaster University, Ontario
- Date Published: October 2001
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521002301
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Mosaics reached their fullest development under the Romans who used them to decorate the floors of their houses and public buildings. This book gives a comprehensive and fully illustrated history of mosaics in the Greek and Roman world, and studies their development over a thousand years throughout the Roman Empire. Chapters are devoted to technique, to the role of mosaics in architecture, and to their social implications and the role of patrons. This book is the only complete study in depth of this rich material.
Read more- The first major study in English of the art of mosaic in antiquity
- Studies both the technical aspects and the social implications of mosaics as domestic and public decoration
- Illustrated with over 300 photographs of mosaics from the whole of the Roman Empire
Reviews & endorsements
'This book is a masterpiece of visual, historical, technical and social analysis.' Peter Jones, The Sunday Telegraph
See more reviews' … this is an exceptionally thorough analysis that will surely establish itself as the starting point for the study of mosaics for scholar and general reader alike.' The Art Newspaper
'There has been a need for a reliable, up-to-date general book on ancient mosaics … The lack of proper synthesis has prevented mosaics from receiving the attention they deserve and it is to be hoped that this excellent book will succeed in making a neglected art form more accessible to a wider audience, whether of academics, students, or general readers.' Journal of Roman Studies
' … prints no less than 318 pictures of mosaics that make fascinating viewing and are worth the cost of the book.' Archaeological Diggings
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- Date Published: October 2001
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521002301
- length: 414 pages
- dimensions: 279 x 216 x 23 mm
- weight: 1kg
- contains: 318 b/w illus. 24 colour illus. 8 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. Historical and Regional Development:
1. Origins and pebble mosaics
2. The invention of tessellated mosaics: Hellenistic mosaics in the east
3. Hellenistic mosaics in Italy
4. Mosaics in Italy: Republican and Imperial
5. The north-western provinces
6. Britain
7. The North African provinces
8. Sicily under the Empire: Piazza Armerina
9. The Iberian peninsula
10. Syria and the east
11. Palestine and Transjordan
12. Greece: the Imperial period
13. Asia Minor, Cyprus, Constantinople
14. Wall and vault mosaics
15. Opus sectile
Part II. Technique and Production:
16. Craftsmen and workshops
17. Techniques and procedures
18. The repertory
19. Architectural context and function
20. The patrons
Conclusions
Maps
Glossary of ornamental patterns
General glossary.
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