Greek and Roman mosaics /
Pappalardo, Umberto, 1949-
Greek and Roman mosaics / Umberto Pappalardo, Rosaria Ciardiello ; photography by Luciano Pedicini ; translated from the Italian by Ceil Friedman. - 1st ed. - New York : Abbeville Press, 2012. - 320 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 34 cm.
HISTORY OF ART: BCE TO C 500 CE, ANCIENT & CLASSICAL WORLD. 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 chronological 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 very 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.
9780789211255 (hbk.)
2012026393
Mosaics, Roman.
Mosaics, Hellenistic.
Mosaics, Byzantine.
NA3770 / .P3513 2012
738.50937
Greek and Roman mosaics / Umberto Pappalardo, Rosaria Ciardiello ; photography by Luciano Pedicini ; translated from the Italian by Ceil Friedman. - 1st ed. - New York : Abbeville Press, 2012. - 320 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 34 cm.
HISTORY OF ART: BCE TO C 500 CE, ANCIENT & CLASSICAL WORLD. 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 chronological 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 very 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.
9780789211255 (hbk.)
2012026393
Mosaics, Roman.
Mosaics, Hellenistic.
Mosaics, Byzantine.
NA3770 / .P3513 2012
738.50937