Graeco-Roman Mosaics and Wall Paintings
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Recent papers in Graeco-Roman Mosaics and Wall Paintings
This is a practical example of the removal of Paraloid B-72 coatings from Roman wall paintings executed in true fresco. The resin was applied to adhere fabrics used to detach the paintings with the stacco technique. The applied coating as... more
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R. Sahin, Die Mosaiken Westkleinasiens (Tessellate des 2. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. bis Anfang des 7. Jahrhunderts n. Chr.), Veronika Scheibelreiter-Gail, JMR 8, 2015, 185-187.
R. Sahin, Die Mosaiken Westkleinasiens (Tessellate des 2. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. bis Anfang des 7. Jahrhunderts n. Chr.), Veronika Scheibelreiter-Gail, JMR 8, 2015, 185-187.
Research undertaken in Durham University, Faculty of Social Sciences and Health: Department of Archaeology; supervised by Dr Anna Leone. Viva voce examination held on April 15th, 2016. Examiners: Prof. Roland R. R. Smith (University of... more
New discoveries in the gallery of the Baths of Trajan on the Oppian hill
Hadrianopolis is a site located on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea, 3 km west of the modern town of Eskipazar, near Karabük, in what was in Roman times... more
Etienne Sérée de Roch (1881-1961) et la création du Musée de Tébessa, collecte de vestiges des environs de Tébessa, dépose de nombreuses mosaïques, fouilles, etc...;
le 30e colloque de l'AFPMA aura lieu les vendredi 24 et samedi 25 novembre 2017 au musée départemental Arles antique à Arles. Vous trouverez ci joint le programme de ces 30e rencontre et dans une autre rubrique la fiche d'inscription... more
Catalogue of Roman paintings and mosaics in the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Publication of the most important mosaic find from Mainz. Description of its saving, reconstruction and meaning. Originally part of a bath building near the Roman theater of Mainz, it perhaps commemorated an entertainment happened there... more
La Musa Polimnia di Cortona, in P. Barocchi, D. Gallo, L’Accademia Etrusca, Electa Milano, 1985, 32, 57-62, 101-102. The Musa Polimnia of the Accademia Etrusca at Cortona was commissioned at Naples by the local erudite Marcello Venuti in... more
Images 10 (2018)
New hypothesis around the provenance of a mosaic, preserved in Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli from the territory of Fondi (Southern Latium - Italy).
OF THE DISSERTATION Faces in the Frame: Masks and Heads in the Boundaries of Roman Art By Mieke Paulsen Bahmer Dissertation Director: John Kenfield III Satyric and comedic masks, in addition to lively-seeming heads that could almost be... more
Disappeared I style decorations at Pompeii pulbished in 1916 by the Russian architect A.A. Parland.
La fouille d’un habitat antique, dans un secteur de la cité de Durocortorum / Reims connu pour avoir livré de grandes domus, a mis au jour plusieurs décors malheureusement très fragmentaires. Parmi eux, on retiendra un ensemble à panneaux... more
RESUMEN El artículo describe y realiza un primer estudio de las estructuras y los materiales de una villa romana recientemente excavada en Antequera. Entre ellos destacan el repertorio musivo y escultórico, de los que emerge la... more
Inlaid with lapis lazuli, turquoise and malachite, the Pietra Dura work on the Taj Mahal is a testament to the beauty of this art form as well as its power to evoke emotion. Known locally as “Parchin Kari”, many who have come to... more
Antik Dönem Hellen sanatında deniz ve nehir tanrıları önemli bir yer tutar. Bu tanrı ve tanrıçalar ile ilgili sahneler, Roma Dönemi mozaiklerinde sevilerek konu edinilmiştir. Antiokheia ad Orontes ve Zeugma kentleri zemin mozaiklerinde... more
Multiple connections between the Damascus mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem; implications of the size of the surface area covered in mosaic; links with classical, early Christian, Byzantine and other Umayyad mosaics, and with... more
Plan de la mosaïque de Thésée et du Minotaure, mosaïque d'une grande salle des thermes publics de Dellys (antique Rusuccuru)
discussion of the fragments of Second nd Fourth style paintings from the villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum and attempts at reconstruction of some wall decoration systems
This is the first update of the paper by the same title and author of July 10th, 2016. Here, some more information is incorporated about the mosaic, and especially his M+ and M- type meanders. This new information is instrumental in... more
Recensione a «Musivaria» di Licia Vlad Borrelli, pubblicato da Viella. Non un manuale tout court, ma un racconto scientifico su una delle produzioni artistiche più affascinanti degli antichi
This essay argues that abstract colouristic effects were favoured in the arts of ancient Rome in a manner long overlooked. Taking the wall paintings of Cubiculum B from the Villa Farnesina as a case in point, the article demonstrates that... more
How two lines including "new" one from the Genizah, was integral part of the scholarly discussion about the attitude of the sages toward the "problematic" mosaics of the ancient synagogues?