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Author : Anthony Beeson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 25,22 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 : Patricia Witts
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,1 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780752434216
The stories illustrated in the mosaic pavements that have survived from Roman Britain graphically link us to the world of the Romans in a way that literature, with its nuances of interpretation, cannot. After explaining how and why mosaic pavements were made, Dr. Patricia Witts looks at many of the 200 figured Roman mosaics that can be enjoyed in museums and sites throughout the country. Most portray mythological characters, and the author explains the underlying myths; others are taken from daily life or depict animals, birds, and marine creatures. This lavishly illustrated study is accompanied by a full glossary of technical terms and a gazetteer of relevant sites and museums.
Author : Anne Rainey
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 13,74 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Design
ISBN :
Author : Patricia Witts
Publisher : International
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,36 MB
Release : 2021-12-31
Category :
ISBN : 9781407358987
This book brings together over 70 prints and drawings from the collection of nearly 3,000 items formed by Richard Topham (1671-1730). Some are the only records of mosaics that no longer survive, many are published here for the first time.
Author : Umberto Pappalardo
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,24 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 : David S. Neal
Publisher :
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 21,57 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Sarah Scott
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 47,38 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN :
This volume builds upon the copious and varied research on villa mosaics in Roman Britain and evaluates it within the context of elite social life in the 4th century AD. It argues that the mosaics were an integral part of the rich lifestyle of the elite in this period and played an important role in defining their status. Yet these symbols of power were apparently no longer valued to the same degree by the end of the 4th century. In a priod of increasing social and economic instability, the mosaics were one element in an elite lifestyle which was ultimately to prove socially diversive. In this wide-ranging study, Scott considers the significance and long-term impact of the artistic choices made by villa owners.
Author : Michael Dawson
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 21,43 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 : Shire Publications
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 15,6 MB
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780852638910
This book is a concise introduction to the floor mosaics of Roman Britain. It first chronicles the history of mosaic discovery in Britain and discusses the changing attitudes towards mosaics, no longer considered merely art objects but social documents. It deals with the different periods of mosaic laying from the first-century pavements at Fishbourne, of Italian craftsmanship, to the Hadrianic and Antonine periods, when mosaic was first established in the towns. It traces the apparent collapse of the craft in the third century and the remarkable fourth-century revival, when many villas were decorated with sophisticated mosaics, and it examines the probable techniques of the Roman mosaicist by reference to both literary and archaeological evidence. A chapter deals with the recording, conservation and research of mosaics, and a list of sites where mosaics can be seen includes comments on items of outstanding interest. Mosaics are illustrated by photographs and distribution maps show the fourth-century schools of mosaic. There is a glossary of technical terms. About the author Peter Johnson has written and presented numerous papers on Roman mosaics, notably at successive International Colloquia on Ancient Mosaics at Ravenna and Trier. He organised the fifth International Colloquium on Ancient Mosaics held at Bath in 1987 and co-edited the papers published in 1994. In 1978 he co-founded ASPROM, the Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics, of which he is Vice-Chairman
Author : Patricia Witts
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,76 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781407315416
Over 700 creatures of land, sea and sky have been recorded from at least 140 Romano-British mosaics. This comprehensively illustrated book is the first detailed study of them. It identifies and discusses the animals, assesses their role in floor decoration, and explains how they were much more than appealing decoration.