Neglected Architectural Decoration from the Late Antique City : Public Porticoes, Small Baths, Shops/Workshops, and ‘Middle Class’ Houses in the East Mediterranean /
Kamani, Solinda,
Neglected Architectural Decoration from the Late Antique City : Public Porticoes, Small Baths, Shops/Workshops, and ‘Middle Class’ Houses in the East Mediterranean / Solinda Kamani. - 1 online resource - Late Antique Archaeology (Supplementary Series) ; 7 Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022 . - Late Antique Archaeology (Supplementary Series) ; 7. Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book examines neglected architectural decoration from the late antique city of the East Mediterranean. It addresses the omission in scholarship of discussion about the embellishment of non-monumental secular buildings (public porticoes, small public baths, shops/workshops, and non-elite houses). The finishing of these structures has been overlooked at the expense of more lofty buildings and remains one of the least known aspects of the late antique city. The book surveys the archaeological evidence for decoration in the region, with the maritime sites of Ostia and Ephesus selected as case studies. Drawing upon archaeological, written, and visual sources, it attempts to reconstruct how such buildings appeared to late antique viewers and investigates why they were decorated as they were.
English
9789004520165 9789004520592
10.1163/9789004520592 DOI
Architecture, Ancient--Mediterranean Region.
Architecture, Ancient.
Decoration and ornament, Ancient.
NA310
720.937
Neglected Architectural Decoration from the Late Antique City : Public Porticoes, Small Baths, Shops/Workshops, and ‘Middle Class’ Houses in the East Mediterranean / Solinda Kamani. - 1 online resource - Late Antique Archaeology (Supplementary Series) ; 7 Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022 . - Late Antique Archaeology (Supplementary Series) ; 7. Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book examines neglected architectural decoration from the late antique city of the East Mediterranean. It addresses the omission in scholarship of discussion about the embellishment of non-monumental secular buildings (public porticoes, small public baths, shops/workshops, and non-elite houses). The finishing of these structures has been overlooked at the expense of more lofty buildings and remains one of the least known aspects of the late antique city. The book surveys the archaeological evidence for decoration in the region, with the maritime sites of Ostia and Ephesus selected as case studies. Drawing upon archaeological, written, and visual sources, it attempts to reconstruct how such buildings appeared to late antique viewers and investigates why they were decorated as they were.
English
9789004520165 9789004520592
10.1163/9789004520592 DOI
Architecture, Ancient--Mediterranean Region.
Architecture, Ancient.
Decoration and ornament, Ancient.
NA310
720.937