Mosaics of Roman Crete - Art, Archaeology and Social Change

Informationen zum Autor Rebecca J. Sweetman is a Senior Lecturer in Ancient History and Archaeology at the School of Classics, University of St Andrews. She has published widely on Roman and Late Antique Greece, including articles in the American Journal of Archaeology, the Annual of the British School at Athens and the Journal of Late Antiquity and is the editor of Roman Colonies in the First Century of Their Foundation (2011). Her excavations and research have received funding from the British Academy, the British School at Athens, the Carnegie Foundation and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Klappentext This book examines the rich corpus of mosaics created in Crete during the Roman and Late Antique eras. Zusammenfassung This book examines the rich corpus of mosaics created in Crete during the Roman and Late Antique eras. It provides essential information on the style! iconography and chronology of the material! as well as discussion of the craftspeople who created them and the technologies they used. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The archaeology of Crete; 3. Iconography of Cretan mosaics; 4. Date and distribution; 5. Urban and architectural contexts; 6. Mosaics of Crete: craftspeople, technology, and workshops; 7. The provincial view, globalization, and Christianization.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca J Sweetman, Rebecca J. Sweetman, Rebecca J. (University of St Andrews Sweetman, Sweetman Rebecca J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2013
• EAN: 9781107018402
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01840-2
• No. of pages: 403
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient World, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology