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The Art of Pebble Mosaics

The Art of Pebble Mosaics more books like this

by Maggy Howarth

Pebbles can be used to create imaginative and pretty patterns - their different shapes and colours provide an endless opportunity for original designs. This practical guide is for anyone who would like to add interest to his or her garden by creating unique pebble mosaics to decorate paths, patios or walls. Firstly, the book gives advice for ...

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Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empire more books like this

by Brooklyn Museum

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Guide Book to the Tiled Pavement in the Capitol of Pennsylvania

Guide Book to the Tiled Pavement in the Capitol of Pennsylvania more books like this

by Henry Chapman Mercer

In 1908, Henry Mercer wrote and published at his own expense this guidebook to the various tiles and mosaics in the Pennsylvania Capitol so that visitors could read and appreciate the work as they strolled through the corridors and the great rotunda. Each mosaic had a significant story to tell and Mercer thought the story of the tiles and his own ...

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The Sacred Portal: A Primary Symbol in Ancient Judaic Art more books like this

by Bernard Goldman

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Patron and Pavements in Late Antiquity: Halicarnassian Studies II

Patron and Pavements in Late Antiquity: Halicarnassian Studies II more books like this

by Signe Isager (Editor), Birte Poulsen (Editor)

For over a century the mosaic floors of the late "Roman Villa" in Halikarnassos have captured attention of scholars, and this volume contains a broad spectrum of contributions on architecture and the decorative arts, predominantly in relation to the Eastern provinces of the later Roman Empire. In 1990, fresh archaeological investigations were ...

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Mosaics in Roman Britain: Stories in Stone

Mosaics in Roman Britain: Stories in Stone more books like this

by Dr. Patricia Witts

The stories illustrated in the mosaic pavements, that have survived from Roman Britain, graphically link us to the world of the Romans in a way that literature, with its language barrier, and nuances of interpretation, cannot. After explaining how and why mosaic pavements were made, Patricia Witts looks at many of the 200 figured Roman mosaics ...

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Mosaics of Roman Africa : floor mosaics from Tunisia

Mosaics of Roman Africa : floor mosaics from Tunisia more books like this

by Michèle Blanchard-Lemée

Some of the finest examples of Roman mosaics survive in Tunisa. The mosaics bring to life the rich dwellings, introducing a civilization which flourished between the first and fifth century AD. Illustrated with specially commissioned photographs, this book captures the beauty of these floors.

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Venise, Saint-Marc, sols more books like this

by André Bruyère

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Guide to the Paphos mosaics more books like this

by Wiktor A. Daszewski, Demetres Michaelides

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Northern Britain: Incorporating the Midlands and East Anglia

Northern Britain: Incorporating the Midlands and East Anglia more books like this

by David S Neal, Stephen R Cosh

This first volume of a four-volume corpus of Roman mosacis in Britain covers the north and east from Northants to Yorkshire and from Warwickshire to East Anglia. The book begins with a general introduction on mosaics and their construction and their workshop groups, and then proceeds to the catalogue, which includes every mosaic known, described ...

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Domestic and Divine: Roman Mosaics in the House of Dionysos

Domestic and Divine: Roman Mosaics in the House of Dionysos more books like this

by Christine Kondoleson

"Christine Kondoleon presents the extraordinary mosaics of the House of Dionysos on Cyprus in a multifaceted study that explores their technique, style, iconography, architectural setting, chronology, and social import. This richly textured exploration provides a compelling reconstruction of the social and political aspirations of Romanized ...

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Decorative Floors of Venice

Decorative Floors of Venice more books like this

by Tudy Sammartini

The first comprehensive study of the mosaic and tiled floors of Venice.

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The ancient synagogue of Beth Alpha; an account of the excavations conducted on behalf of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem more books like this

by Eleazar Lipa Sukenik, Universitah ha-Ivrit bi-Yerushalayim

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Floor mosaics in Roman Britain more books like this

by Margaret Rule, F.S.A., Sussex Archaeological Trust

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The Alexander Mosaic

The Alexander Mosaic more books like this

by ADA Cohen, H A Shapiro (Editor), Robin Osborne (Editor)

The Alexander Mosaic: Stories of Victory and Defeat focuses on one of the richest, most complex and visually stunning monuments of classical antiquity. Contributing to a vast tradition of scholarship, which dates back to the discovery of the Mosaic in 1831, Cohen here engages with, but departs from, a core of positivist assumptions that ...

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Mosaics of Antioch more books like this

by Sheila D Campbell

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Roman Mosaics of Britain, Volume II: South-West Britain

Roman Mosaics of Britain, Volume II: South-West Britain more books like this

by Stephen R Cosh, David S Neal

Roman Mosaics of Britain is the culmination of more than seventy years of combined research and meticulous draughtsmanship by the authors, who are both in the forefront of mosaic scholarship. Their work, to be published in four volumes, is a complete illustrated catalogue of every known Romano-British mosaic - nearly 2000 in all - of which almost ...

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Earth and Ocean: The Terrestrial World in Early Byzantine Art more books like this

by Henry Maguire

This volume of the College Art Association Monograph series examines how the Earth and oceans were represented in early Byzantine art.

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The Roman Villa at Bignor, Sussex more books like this

by Samuel Edward Winbolt, George Herbert

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Das Alexandermosaik more books like this

by Klaus Stahler

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Les mosaïques de pavement médiévales de Venise, Murano, Torcello more books like this

by Xavier Barral i Altet

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Patron and pavements in late antiquity more books like this

by Signe Isager, Birte Poulsen, Odense University

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La Maison du Triomphe de Neptune à Acholla (Botria-Tunisie). more books like this

by Suzanne Gozlan, Ariane Bourgeois

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Bet-Ha-Keneset Ha-Atik Be-Vet-Alfa: Parashat Ha-Hafirot She-Neerkhu Mi-Taam Ha-Universitah Ha-Ivrit, Yerushalayim, Be-Horef 689 more books like this

by Eleazar Lipa Sukenik

"Ancient Synagogue of Beth Alpha".

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Corpus des mosaïques de Tunisie more books like this

by Margaret A. Alexander, Mongi Ennaifer

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