From Wilderness to Paradise - A Sixth-Century Mosaic Pavement At Qasr El-Lebia in Cyrenaica, Libya

Informationen zum Autor Dr Jane Chick is an associate at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, and is honorary editor of Mosaic, the journal of the Association for the Study and Preservation of Roman Mosaics (ASPROM). She has published articles on mosaics from Libya, Cyprus and Tunisia. Klappentext An in-depth study of the large mosaic pavement in the East Church at Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenaica, Libya. Consisting of fifty panels, each panel with a different image, it has frequently been dismissed as random with no overarching scheme. This book argues that the remarkably rich and complex mosaic should be understood as a coherent w Zusammenfassung An in-depth study of the large mosaic pavement in the East Church at Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenaica, Libya. Consisting of fifty panels, each panel with a different image, it has frequently been dismissed as random with no overarching scheme. This book argues that the remarkably rich and complex mosaic should be understood as a coherent whole.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Chick, Jane (Associate Chick
• Publisher: Archaeopress bar
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.03.2024
• EAN: 9781803277301
• ISBN: 978-1-80327-730-1
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity