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Roman window glass: an approach to its study through iconography
Despite the fact that iconographic studies are recognized as an important tool for understanding antiquity, there are few references among scholars of Roman window glass to this field.
Almudena Velo-Gala +1 more
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On the origins of the context and meaning of the motif of dolphin on the ship-shaped oil lamp from the museum of Smederevo (4th century AD) [PDF]
The dolphin motif on the ship-shaped oil lamp treasured in the Museum of Smederevo (4th century AD) has complex iconography, multi-layered and complex symbolism, and a long history.
Gavrilović Anđela Đ.
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Stylistics Survey and Analysis of the Worshiping Paintings of Dura-Europos [PDF]
Mural painting is one of the decorative Arts in the Arsacid period. The mural paintings of Arsacid period is discovered from some pivotal sites. One of them is Dura-Europos.
Faezeh Rezaei, Mostafa Dehpahlavan
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Caps and Identity: Origin and Interpretation of Phrygian Caps in Coptic Art [PDF]
Different headdresses are introduced in Coptic art, among them; the Phrygian cap. It is a non-religious cap in Christianity. It's rarely depicted on Coptic art, but it had its origin in Sasanian, Greek, and Roman arts.
Ahmad Khalaf
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As the Latin phrase in the above title says, the passage from paganism to Christianity does not arise ex machina, but it is also prepared through the continuous experience of religiosity in pagan contexts.
M. Justino Pinheiro MACIEL
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A selection of frescoes in the tombs of Bagwat region from the first to the sixth centuries AD [PDF]
Bagwat tombs are one of the oldest gatherings of Christian cemeteries in Egypt and a witness to an important transitional stage in the history of El Kharga Oasis in the Western Desert, which is the Roman period until the advent of Christianity and then ...
Rana Basheer
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L’auctoritas du Classique dans la construction de la périodisation de l’art romain
The analysis here presented of the conceptual and methodological criteria currently underpinning the periodization of figurative and monumental art of the Roman world is twofold: on one hand, it studies the relationship between the world of forms and ...
Mario Denti
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The Roman second century gate at Perge and its literary associations.
This article intends to explain how the Roman second century Gate at Perge belongs to a harmonious architectural complex, built up according to a broad artistic program.
William E. Mierse
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Wet Nurse in art in Graeco-Roman Egypt [PDF]
The wet nurse is a woman employed to breast-feed another woman's baby other than her own, for certain salary. This profession was very important to most of the ancient families in Egypt, especially in Pharaonic and Graeco-Roman Egypt.
Manal Mahmoud Abd ElHamid +2 more
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The present paper is focusing on another case in the series Coins in archaeological context. The case under study is the farmstead/villa rustica from Rapoltu Mare – La vie (Hunedoara County, Romania) in the former Roman province of Dacia.
Cristian GĂZDAC +2 more
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