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Author | : Paul G.P. Meyboom |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 2015-08-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004283838 |
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The famous Nile Mosaic of Palestrina, ancient Praeneste in central Italy, dating to c. 100 B.C., is one of the earliest large mosaics which have been preserved from the classical world. It presents a unique, comprehensive picture of Egypt and Nubia. The interpretation of the mosaic is disputed, suggestions ranging from an exotic decoration to a topographical picture or a religious allegory. The present study demonstrates that the mosaic depicts rituals connected with Isis and Osiris and the yearly Nile flood. The presence of these Egyptian religious scenes at Praeneste can be explained by the assimilation of isis and Fortuna, the tutelary goddess of Praeneste, and by the interpretation of the mosaic as a symbol of divine providence.
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Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9788894837001 |
Download Guida alla scoperta del mosaico del Nilo di Palestrina-Discover the mosaic of Palestrina. A guide. Ediz. illustrata Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Windsor Castle. Royal Library |
Publisher | : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
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Download The Dal Pozzo Copies of the Palestrina Mosaic Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Claudia La_Malfa |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 5 |
Release | : 19?? |
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Download Reassessing the Renaissance of the Palestrina Nile Mosaic Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Laurent Bricault |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 591 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004154205 |
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"Egypt in the Roman world" --- Studies on the meaning of Aegyptiaca Romana and the understanding of the cults of Isis in their local context.
Author | : Teresa Fava Thomas |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2023-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1000955583 |
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The Allied Bombing of Central Italy examines the results of the Second World War Allied bombing campaign on Palestrina and Rome, Italy, and the long-term impact of the war on the mountainside town and on the Barberini family's art collection including the Nile Mosaic. It explores the history and cultural significance of Palestrina, its strategic setting, the recovery of the town, the restoration of the Nile Mosaic, which remains the largest Egyptian-style mosaic extant. A unique aspect of the destruction was that it uncovered a pagan temple, the Sanctuary of Fortuna. The bombing destroyed the homes built on its terraces but revealed the ancient structure buried beneath which had remained unseen for half a millennium. It took more than a decade for the mosaic to be restored and the Sanctuary of Fortuna established as a national archeological museum. The book explores the pressure by the Mussolini regime to control the Barberini family's art collection, the uses of cultural materials for propaganda purposes, the Allied use of airpower in the Italian theater of war, the postwar decision-making and recovery process. The book is one of the very few long-range studies of the war's impact on a single Italian town. It is suitable for academic seminars and an educated general audience.
Author | : Miguel John Versluys |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 2015-08-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 900429595X |
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This archaeological study investigates the meaning of the Egyptian and egyptianising artefacts that have been preserved from the Roman world in different ways. Its point of departure is a detailed study on the so-called Nilotic scenes or Nilotic landscapes. The book presents a comprehensive and illustrated catalogue of the genre that was popular all around the Mediterranean from the Hellenistic period to the Christian era as well as a contextualisation and interpretation. Drawing on the conclusions thus reached the whole group of Aegyptiaca Romana is subsequently studied. Based on a general overview of this material in the Roman world and, moreover, a case-study of the Aegyptiaca from the city of Rome the different meanings of this cultural phenomenon are mapped. Together with other Egyptian deities popular in the Roman world, the goddess Isis plays an important role in this discussion. Aegyptiaca Romana, among them the Nilotic scenes, are part of the reflection of the Roman attitude towards and thoughts on Egypt, Egyptian culture and the East. The concluding part of the book illustrates and tries to explain this Roman discourse on Egypt.
Author | : Clara Erskine Clement Waters |
Publisher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2020-09-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1465583254 |
Download A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture (Painting) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Katherine M. D. Dunbabin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780521002301 |
Download Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book provides a comprehensive account of mosaics in the ancient world from the early pebble mosaics of Greece to the pavements of Christian churches in the East. Separate chapters in Part I cover the principal regions of the Roman Empire in turn, in order to bring out the distinctive characteristics of their mosaic workshops. Questions of technique and production, of the role of mosaics in architecture, and of their social functions and implications are treated in Part II. The book discusses both well-known works and recent finds, and balances consideration of exceptional masterpieces against standard workshop production. Two main lines of approach are followed throughout: first, the role of mosaics as a significant art form, which over an unbroken span illuminates the evolution of pictorial style better than any comparable surviving medium; and secondly, their character as works of artisan production closely linked to their architectural context.
Author | : Betsy Bryan |
Publisher | : Lockwood Press |
Total Pages | : 585 |
Release | : 2022-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1948488361 |
Download One Who Loves Knowledge Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The thirty-nine articles in this volume, One Who Loves Knowledge, have been contributed by colleagues, students, friends, and family in honor of Richard Jasnow, professor of Egyptology at Johns Hopkins University. Despite his claiming to be just a demoticist, Richard Jasnow's research interests and specialties are broad, spanning religious and historical topics, along with new editions of demotic texts, including most particularly the Book of Thoth. A number of the authors demonstrate their appreciation for Jasnow's contributions to the understanding of this difficult text. The volume also includes other studies on literature, Ptolemaic history, and even the god Thoth himself, and features detailed images and abundant hieroglyphic, hieratic, demotic, Coptic, and Greek texts.