Aphrodisias (Antiquity), Mosaics |
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A large number of Roman mosaics have been unearthed in situ at Aphrodisias. They were crafted following the opus sectile and opus tessellatum techniques. These mosaics incorporate mainly non-representational geometric themes, although they do include some pictorial representations, repeating earlier motifs found in other areas of the Roman world. |
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Archaic painting in Asia Minor |
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Clazomenian sarcophagi are earthen boxlike coffins with written decorations in the top part of the frame. They continue the iconographical tradition of the late Wild Goat style, while at the same time they copy the Attic black-figure style. They date from between 550 and 450 BC and are mainly spread into Northern Ionia, Rhodes and the region of Macedonia and Thrace. Lots of them have been made by local or Clazomenian travelling artists. |
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Ephesus (Antiquity), Mosaics |
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Mosaics of high artistic quality were discovered during excavations in the town of Ephesus, both in public and in private buildings of the Roman period and Early Christian church buildings. The iconography of rooms in private houses includes black and white and multicoloured geometric motifs as well as scenes with mythological representations. Similar geometric decorations can also be found in the three-aisled basilicas of the same era. Generally, the existing mosaic decoration in Ephesus... |
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Ephesus (Antiquity), Roman Painting of the Imperial Period |
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The wall paintings of the houses of Ephesus, which belong to the period from the 1st until the 6th centuries AD, are splendid examples of the Pompeian painting. Most of them are dated between 400 and 450 AD. |
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Mosaics of the Hellenistic period |
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Mosaics of the Roman Imperial period |
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Pergamon (Antiquity), Mosaics |
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Pergamon was one of the most important centres for the art of mosaics in Antiquity. The most distinctive features during the Hellenistic period were the development of the production techniques, particularly widespread until the Byzantine times, as well as the emphasis on naturalistic, detailed representation of figurative scenes, imitating contemporary works of painting. |
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Phrygia, Painting and Mosaics |
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Priene (Antiquity), Mosaics |
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Non-figural decorations dominate Priene’s mosaics, which are made from pebbles or polygonal tesserae. The patterns in one of them reveal that the room it adorned was a spacious andron, possibly offered to individuals or clubs for holding symposiums. |
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