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The Zoomorphic Pelta in Romano-British Art
The Antiquaries Journal, 1968The discovery of two fragmentary inscriptions at the auxiliary fort of Castell Collen (pl. xxia) and the newly discovered legionary fortress of Carpow (pl. xxib) has made a notable addition to the interesting group of Romano-British inscriptions in which the text is flanked by peltae, the terminals of which have been treated as birds' (or griffins ...
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Micromosaico. Storia, tecnica, arte del mosaico minuto romano
2009Il mosaico minuto o micromosaico nacque a Roma nella seconda metà del ’700 e il periodo di maggiore produzione di questo tipo di artigianato artistico è quello che va dalla fine di tale secolo a tutto l’800. Nella seconda metà del ’500 era partito il grande progetto di decorare a mosaico le volte di San Pietro e di tradurre a mosaico opere ...
C. Bertaccini, FIORI, CESARE
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II.—Romano-Celtic Art in Northumbria
Archaeologia, 1930It is a commonplace that before the Romans conquered Britain, its inhabitants had reached a high level of achievement in decorative art, and that one result of the conquest was the destruction of this art and the imposition of an inartistic though materially comfortable culture. With this view I do not propose to quarrel; but in certain ways I think it
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Romano-Buddhist Art: an old problem restated
Antiquity, 1949Since about 1870, when a Dr Leitner, of the Punjab service, brought from north-western India a small collection of Buddhist ‘Indo-Scythian’ sculptures to England, the literature of the so-called Gandhāra art has not ceased to grow, and the last decade has added rather more than its quota. Dr H.
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Woman Underfootin Lifeand Art: Female Representations in Fourthcentury Romano-British Mosaics
Journal of European Archaeology, 1995AbstractWomen are often depicted on Romano-British mosaics either as non-specific allegorical characters without personalities, such as personifications of seasons, fortune, learning, and so on, or as figures representative of the forces of nature, such as Medusa or the seasons.
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Nuns as Art Patrons: The Decoration of S. Marta al Collegio Romano
The Art Bulletin, 1988Female convents patronized some of the most notable ecclesiastical decorations in Baroque Rome, succeeding in attracting leading artists to embellish their churches. Decorative enterprises were financed both by the patrimony of the convents and by the often significant contributions of individual nuns who enjoyed private incomes.
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Arte griego y romano. La profunda unidad del arte clásico
Comencemos con una pregunta obvia, pero necesaria: ¿Qué es el arte clásico? Según el diccionario de la Real Academia Española, es “clásico” un “modelo digno de imitación en cualquier arte o ciencia”, pero también, hablando de historia de la literatura o del arte, el “periodo de mayor plenitud de una cultura”.Carrasco Ferrer, Marta +1 more
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Aprender derecho romano sin querer aprender: con el arte de la caricatura
2023El propósito del libro es mejorar la capacidad de aprendizaje entorno al derecho, empezando a describir de forma única los preceptos legales que vieron nacer nuestro sistema jurídico, dado que, si bien es cierto, el derecho romano es base de nuestro sistema legal, no así todas las figuras de aquella época llegan a nuestros días de forma íntegra ...
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