Author: Anthony BeesonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781445689883
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A lavishly illustrated look at the history of Roman mosaics in Britain, from a renowned expert in the field.
Mosaics in Roman Britain
Author: Anthony BeesonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781445689883
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A lavishly illustrated look at the history of Roman mosaics in Britain, from a renowned expert in the field.
Mosaics in Roman Britain
Author: Patricia WittsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780752434216
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Mosaics in Roman Britain
Author: Anthony BeesonPublisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445689898
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
A lavishly illustrated look at the history of Roman mosaics in Britain, from a renowned expert in the field.
Spectacle and Display: A Modern History of Britain’s Roman Mosaic Pavements
Author: Michael DawsonPublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789698324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
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.
Greek and Roman Mosaics
Author: Umberto PappalardoPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0789213397
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Drawings of Roman Mosaics in the Topham Collection, Eton College Library
Author: Patricia WittsPublisher: International
ISBN: 9781407358987
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
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.
The Boxford Mosaic
Author: Anthony BeesonPublisher: Countryside Books (GB)
ISBN: 9781846743924
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This fascinating full-color book tells the complete story behind the most spectacular and innovative Roman mosaic ever found in Britain. The Boxford Mosaic, dating from around 350AD, is one of just three mosaics of its kind in the world - a masterpiece of Roman artistry and a beautifully preserved link to the past. Yet it lay hidden beneath a field in Boxford, England, for some 1,600 years until is was fully uncovered in the summer of 2019. The book reveals the inside story of its rediscovery, excavation and the myths depicted on it.
Mosaics in Roman Britain
Author: Anne RaineyRoman Mosaics in Britain
Author: David S. NealThe Germanicus Mosaic
Author: Rosemary RowePublisher: Headline Book Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780747261018
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
It is AD 186, and Britain is the northernmost province of the hugely successful Roman Empire. In Glevum (modern Gloucester), Libertus, a freedman and pavement-maker, lives under the patronage of Marcus Septimus. When a body is found in the furnace room of a nearby villa, and identified as that of Crassus Germanicus, a retired centurion, Marcus asks for Libertus's help. A slave is missing and the solution to the mystery seems obvious. But Libertus soon discovers that Germanicus has many enemies, and he must use his mosaicist's skill to put together the pieces of a most deadly puzzle.