Katherine M. D. Dunbabin (Ontario McMaster University)

Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first major study of the art of mosaic in antiquity. Covering over a thousand years through an area from Britain to Syria and beautifully illustrated with over 350 photographs, it studies the technical aspects and social implications of mosaics as domestic and public decoration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 414
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1168g
• ISBN-13: 9780521002301
• ISBN-10: 0521002303
• Artikelnr.: 22369573

Autorenporträt

Katherine M. D. Dunbabin is Professor of Classics at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. She is author of The Mosaics of Roman North Africa and has published widely in journals.

Inhaltsangabe

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.