Download or read book Spectacle and Display A Modern History of Britain s Roman Mosaic Pavements written by Michael Dawson and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Romano British Mosaic Pavements written by Thomas Morgan and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mosaics in Roman Britain written by Patricia Witts and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Mosaics in Roman Britain written by Anthony Beeson and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated look at the history of Roman mosaics in Britain, from a renowned expert in the field.
Download or read book Roman Mosaics of Britain South West Britain written by David S. Neal and published by Society of Antiquaries of London. This book was released on 2002 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roman Mosaics of Britain is the culmination of more than seventy years of combined research and meticulous draughtsmanship by the authors, who are both in the forefront of mosaic scholarship. Their work, to be published in four volumes, is a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Romano-British mosaic - nearly 2000 in all - of which almost 450 feature in Volume II. Presented in the form of a county gazetteer, each mosaic is described, with drawings, photographs of figured elements and references. In many cases, the entry is illustrated by one of the authors' detailed paintings, which are faithful to the colour and composition of each mosaic. This volume contains some of the finest Romano-British mosaics ever uncovered. The South West has Britain's greatest concentration of figured mosaics, including, at Hinton St Mary, one of the earliest depictions of Christ. Several pavements illustrate scenes from Virgil's Aeneid or Ovid's Metamorphosis . As well as the organisation of the craft, the history of mosaic discoveries, building types, room function, figured work and schemes are considered. Each county has its own detailed introduction.
Download or read book Romano British Mosaic Pavements written by Thomas Morgan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Romano-British Mosaic Pavements: A History of Their Discovery, and a Record and Interpretation of Their Designs Brading, Plan of Room No. 3 on plan Room No. 12 on plan Hunting Scene (british Museum) Fish falling from Basket and Basket of Fruit (brit. Amphitrite and Tritons (british Museum) Meleager (british Museum) Atalanta (british Museum) Dionysus (british Museum) Head of Glaucus (british Museum) Fishermen in Boat (british Museum) Roman Imperial Coins and Medals (british Museum). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Romano British Mosaics written by Peter Johnson and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book Villas Sanctuaries and Settlement in the Romano British Countryside written by Martin Henig and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a range of papers on buildings that have been categorised as ‘villas’, mainly in Roman Britain, from the Isle of Wight to Shropshire. It comprises the first such survey for almost half a century.
Download or read book Mosaics in Roman Britain written by Anne Rainey and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Romano British Mosaic Pavements A History of Their Discovery and a Record and Interpretation of Their Designs written by Thomas Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-20 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preservation Or Display written by Michael Dawson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines the preservation and display of Roman period mosaics in Britain. Historically preservation and display are polarised in a debate I described as the 'contemporary dilemma'. My contention is that this is inadequately grounded in historic precedent, and leads to over simplification of the historic process. Consequently I have written a new history of mosaic preservation and display, establishing fresh encounter between display, preservation and contemporary practice and contextualise the contemporary debate on preservation in situ. The thesis begins with preservation from the conventional perspective of antiquarian attitudes, a paradigm informing all published accounts. Evident that antiquarian, and later archaeological activity validated preservation, it was not the only paradigm by which either preservation or display might be understood. Supported by five case studies discussion in the final chapter considers the importance of sociability, commodification, entertainment, growing tourism and competitive institutional discourse. I have concluded that late 17th and 18th century attempts at mosaic preservation were important to the development of conservation, that eighteenth century experimentation which developed cover buildings, caretakers and the construction of site museums foreshadowed the 1879 Ancient Monuments Act. During the 19th and zo" century though mosaics were marginalised by scholarship, their preservation and display symbolised the rise of archaeology, its expertise, skill and popular appeal. After the Second World War the loss of mosaics became an important symbol of destructive development. In the early 3rd millennium the case studies show display is often outdated becoming enmeshed in the heritage debate rather than exploiting advances in the display discourse. The 'contemporary dilemma' ignores the benefits of display to future analysis, and informed sustainability. The implications of this thesis are that dialogue should lead to a wider appreciation of the value of display; cross disciplinary research should be promoted and interpretational display form part of the assessment of significance in legislation and contemporary attitudes.
Download or read book Roman Mosaics of Britain Western Britain written by David S. Neal and published by Society of Antiquaries of London. This book was released on 2002 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings to a triumphant conclusion this monumental project to catalogue, describe and illustrate every Romano-British mosaic. The area covered by the fourth and final volume in the corpus is one of the richest regions of Britain in economic as well as architectural and artistic terms and this is reflected in the quantity and quality of the region's mosaics, which include the largest figured mosaic ever found in Britain - the Woodchester Orpheus pavement - which was perhaps the inspiration for the other famous Orpheus mosaics of the Roman Cotswolds. At the heart of this affluent region is Cirencester, Roman Britain's second largest town, represented here by more than sixty mosaics, the second-century examples being the most exquisite in the country. There are also many fine mosaics from the region's highly ornate villas, as well as from the towns of Gloucester, Caerwent and Wroxeter. The catalogue follows the format of earlier volumes in providing an account of each mosaic's discovery and locating the mosaic within its building plan. Following the description are notable parallels and major references. Many of the illustrations are by the authors, with additional ones by Luigi Thompson, as well as photographs and historical engravings, a high proportion of the latter by Samuel Lysons whose home was in Gloucestershire where he did much of his pioneering work in archaeological excavation and illustration. Brief biographies of Lysons and all the other artists whose work grace all four volumes appear at the end of this volume. As with previous volume the work is preceded with a substantial introduction. This deals with the history and topography of the region, buildings and rooms, an assessment of regional workshops, and schemes, ending with a consideration of mosaics in relation to the end of Roman Britain.
Download or read book Roman Mosaics in Britain written by David S. Neal and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ROMANO BRITISH MOSAIC PAVEMENT written by Thomas 1819-1892 Morgan and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Romano British Mosaic Pavements written by Thomas Morgan and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Download or read book Romano British Mosaic Pavements a History of Their Discovery and a Record and Interpretation of Their Designs by Thomas Morgan written by Thomas Morgan (vice-président de la "British archaeological association.) and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roman mosaics of Britain written by David S. Neal and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third volume in this massive project to create the first complete corpus of the Roman mosaics of Britain covers the areas of Britain that were first to come under Roman control and where some of Britain's most impressive mosaics are to be found -- in Colchester, Silchester, London and Verulamium, and in villas and palaces at Brading, Bignor, Fishbourne and Rockbourne.In their introduction to the volume, the authors trace the origins of mosaic-making in Britain, and the development of colour palettes and motifs, from the mainly black-and-white geometric designs of first-century Fishbourne Palace, reflecting contemporary Gaulish fashions, to the more elaborate polychrome designs of the third and fourth centuries, featuring figures from classical mythology, some of which (like Brading's Orpheus taming the animals with his music, or Lullingstone's Bellerophon slaying the Chimera) had been invested with new meaning as symbols of Christianity.They consider too the types of buildings with which mosaics are associated, the functions of mosaic-decorated rooms, the materials from which they are made, the impact of mosaic discoveries on early antiquaries and the pioneering mosaic paintings of artists such as Richard Smirke and Charles Stothard, published in Samuel Lysons' Reliquae Britanniae Romanae (1817).The catalogue follows the format of earlier volumes in providing an account of each mosaic's discovery and locating the mosaic within its building plan. Every mosaic is described, with significant parallels and major references, and illustrated with the authors' own paintings, reproductions of historic engravings and photographs, taken in situ wherever possible, before lifting or restoration.The result is an unrivalled scholarly resource for anyone interested in Roman art, craftsmanship, architecture and social life, which will shortly be complete with the publication of the fourth and final volume on Western Britain, including Wales.
