Ancient Mosaics
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Ancient Mosaics
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Author : Roger Ling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Ancient Mosaics written by Roger Ling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Mosaics, Ancient categories.
Using thousands and sometimes millions of pieces of colored stone or glass to create elaborate patterns or scenes is a painstaking and expensive way to decorate a surface. Yet the art of mosaic enjoyed spectacular success in the Graeco-Roman world, where its practitioners created some of the most beautiful artworks in history. This handsomely illustrated and elegantly written book traces the evolution of mosaic from the Hellenistic period to the early Christian era, with particular emphasis on the Roman Empire, and examines its regional variations from Britain to North Africa and from the Levant to the Spanish seaboard. The eminent classical scholar Roger Ling explains how mosaics were first made in the fifth century B.C. with the use of inset pebbles to provide durable pavements. He shows how mosaic became one of the hallmarks of luxury in Roman times, when such masterpieces of imperial floor decoration as the black-and-white silhouette pavements of Ostia and the colorful figure compositions of Piazza Armerina in Sicily were created. From pavements, mosaic graduated to walls and ceilings, where it culminated in the soaring blue and gold work of early Christian churches in Rome, Constantinople, and Ravenna. Ling examines the wide range of styles and subject matter employed by mosaicists, whether geometric patterns or figurative scenes of mythology, agriculture, and hunting, and explores what mosaics reveal about domestic and imperial tastes and aspirations. Such topics as techniques and materials, the relationship of mosaic to other forms of interior decoration, and the influence of ancient mosaics in more recent times are also discussed in detail. Illuminating, attractive, and affordable, this book makes a major contribution to classical scholarship and will also appeal strongly to art historians, artists, designers, and general readers.
Catalogue Of The Coloured Drawings And Engravings Of Ancient Mosaics
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Author : Victoria and Albert Museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1870
Catalogue Of The Coloured Drawings And Engravings Of Ancient Mosaics written by Victoria and Albert Museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1870 with Mosaics categories.
Mosaics Of The Greek And Roman World
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Author : Katherine M. D. Dunbabin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999
Mosaics Of The Greek And Roman World written by Katherine M. D. Dunbabin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Architecture categories.
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.
Ancient Mosaics And Wallpaintings
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Author : Helen Whitehouse
language : en
Publisher: Harvey Miller
Release Date : 2001
Ancient Mosaics And Wallpaintings written by Helen Whitehouse and has been published by Harvey Miller this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Architecture categories.
The 132 drawings catalogued here, many on a large scale and highly coloured, document most of the major examples of ancient Roman pictorial art known to seventeenth-century Rome.
History Of Painting Ancient Early Christian And Medi Val Painting
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Author : Alfred Woltmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
History Of Painting Ancient Early Christian And Medi Val Painting written by Alfred Woltmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Painting categories.
History Of Ancient Early Christian And Mediaeval Painting
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Author : Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert Woltmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
History Of Ancient Early Christian And Mediaeval Painting written by Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert Woltmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Painting categories.
Geometric And Floral Patterns In Ancient Mosaics
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Author : Asher Ovadiah
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Geometric And Floral Patterns In Ancient Mosaics written by Asher Ovadiah and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Mosaics categories.
Ancient Early Christian And Medi Val Painting
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Author : Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert Woltmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1894
Ancient Early Christian And Medi Val Painting written by Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert Woltmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1894 with Painting categories.
History Of Painting Ancient Early Christian And Medi Val Painting
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Author : Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert Woltmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888
History Of Painting Ancient Early Christian And Medi Val Painting written by Alfred Friedrich Gottfried Albert Woltmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Painting categories.
History Of Ancient Early Christian And Medi Val Painting
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Author : Alfred Woltmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880
History Of Ancient Early Christian And Medi Val Painting written by Alfred Woltmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Painting categories.