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Domestic and Divine : Roman Mosaics in the House of Dionysos.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1995Copyright date: ©1995Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (378 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501727412
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Domestic and DivineDDC classification:
  • 729/.7/093937
LOC classification:
  • NA3770 .K663 1994
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Domestic and Divine -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Technique and Style Mythological Mosaics and Geometric Ornament -- Chapter 3 The Entrance Salutations of the Seasons and a Peacock -- Chapter 4 The Reception Suite Xenia and Ganymede Mosaics -- Chapter 5 The West Portico Prelude to a Banquet -- Chapter 6 The Threshold of the Triclinium The Triumph of Dionysos -- Chapter 7 The Triclinium Dining in an Arbor -- Chapter 8 The Peristyle Public Spectacles in the Private Sphere -- Chapter 9 Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: In this lavishly illustrated volume, Christine Kondoleon conducts us through the House of Dionysos, showing us what its interior decoration discloses about its inhabitants and their time.
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Cover -- Domestic and Divine -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Technique and Style Mythological Mosaics and Geometric Ornament -- Chapter 3 The Entrance Salutations of the Seasons and a Peacock -- Chapter 4 The Reception Suite Xenia and Ganymede Mosaics -- Chapter 5 The West Portico Prelude to a Banquet -- Chapter 6 The Threshold of the Triclinium The Triumph of Dionysos -- Chapter 7 The Triclinium Dining in an Arbor -- Chapter 8 The Peristyle Public Spectacles in the Private Sphere -- Chapter 9 Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.

In this lavishly illustrated volume, Christine Kondoleon conducts us through the House of Dionysos, showing us what its interior decoration discloses about its inhabitants and their time.

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