Neglected Architectural Decoration from the Late Antique City

Public Porticoes, Small Baths, Shops/Workshops, and 'Middle Class' Houses in the East Mediterranean
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-52016-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 730 g

Reihe: Late Antique Archaeology (Supplementary Series)

This book examines neglected architectural decoration from the late antique city of the East Mediterranean. It addresses the omission in scholarship of discussion about the embellishment of non-monumental secular buildings (public porticoes, small public baths, shops/workshops, and non-elite houses). The finishing of these structures has been overlooked at the expense of more lofty buildings and remains one of the least known aspects of the late antique city.
The author surveys the archaeological evidence for decoration in the region, with the maritime sites of Ostia and Ephesus selected as case studies. Drawing upon archaeological, written, and visual sources, it attempts to reconstruct how such buildings appeared to late antique viewers and investigates why they were decorated as they were.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kamani, Solinda

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Solinda Kamani was educated at the universities of Tirana and Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. She received her Ph.D. in Classics and Archaeology in 2015 from the University of Kent. She is currently an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Kent.