ACLS Humanities E-Book: Roman black-and-white figural mosaics

Roman black-and-white figural mosaics

John R. Clarke

Year: 2006, c1979.

Publisher: College Art Association of America.

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table of contents

Title Page

List of Illustrations

Frontispiece

Dedication

Preface to the Electronic Edition

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part One: Composition in Black-and-White Figural Mosaics

I: First Century: Rise of the Independent Figure-in-Architecture

The Architectural Setting

Trabeated Construction

Vaulted Construction

II: Late Trajanic and Hadrianic Periods (110-138): Aesthetics of Flow and Kinesthetic Address

The Changing Relationship of Mosaic to Architecture

The Changing Relationship of Mosaic to the Spectator: Spectator Address

Three Types of Mosaic Composition

Trabeated Construction

Vaulted Construction

III: Antonine Period (139-193): Extension of Kinesthetic Address

[Intro]

Trabeated Construction

IV: Severan Period through Mid-Third Century (193 to about 250): Aesthetics of Disjunction and Axiality

[Intro]

Monumental Trabeated Construction

Small-Scale Trabeated Construction

Vaulted Construction

Part Two: Style in Black-and-White Figural Mosaics

V: First Century: Silhouette Style and Its Alternatives

[Intro]

The Transition from Polychromy to Monochromy and the Emergence of the Silhouette Style

The Late Silhouette Style

The Neronian Fluid-Highlights Style

VI: Late Trajanic and Hadrianic Periods (110-138): Draftsmanly Style

[Intro]

The Draftsmanly Style

The Hadrianic Classicizing Style

VII: Antonine Period (139-193): Emergence of the Optical Style

White-Line Drawing in the Draftsmanly Style

The Early Optical Style

VIII: Severan Period (193-235) and Later Third Century: Optical Styles

[Intro]

The Severan Optical Style I

The Late Draftsmanly Style

The Severan Optical Style II

The Optical Silhouette Style

Conclusion

Additional Resources: Supplementary Figures

Notes

Preface to the Electronic Edition

Introduction

I: First Century

II: Late Trajanic and Hadrianic Periods (110-138)

III: Antonine Period (139-193)

IV: Severan Period through Mid-Third Century (193 to about 250)

V: First Century

VI: Late Trajanic and Hadrianic Periods (110-138)

VII: Antonine Period (139-193)

VIII: Severan Period (193-235) and Later Third Century

Conclusion

Bibliography for the Electronic Edition

Indices

I. Mosaics by Site

II. Mosaics No Longer in Situ

III. General Index

About the Author

reviews

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Title:

Roman black-and-white figural mosaics : John R. Clarke.

Author:

Clarke, John R., 1945-

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Roman black-and-white figural mosaics : John R. Clarke.
Clarke, John R., 1945-
New York: College Art Association of America, 2006, c1979.

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Subject Headings:

• Pavements, Mosaic -- Rome
• Mosaics, Roman

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