Mosaics of Alexandria : pavements of Greek and Roman Egypt

Author(s)

• Guimier-Sorbets, Anne-Marie
• Guimier, Alain
• Morand, Nicolas
• Weidmann, Denis
• Clement, Colin

Bibliographic Information

Mosaics of Alexandria : pavements of Greek and Roman Egypt

Anne-Marie Guimier-Sorbets ; with the collaboration of Alain Guimier, Nicolas Morand, and Denis Weidmann ; [English translation by Colin Clement]

The American University in Cairo Press, 2021

Other Title

Mosaïques d'Alexandrie

Note

Content Type: text (rdacontent), Media Type: unmediated (rdamedia), Carrier Type: volume (rdacarrier)

Translation of: Mosaïques d'Alexandrie : pavements d'Égypte grecque et romaine

Contents of Works

• A Brief History of the Mosaic
• The First Mosaics of Alexandria
• Imitating Painting, Color Conquers
• Techniques and Style
• The Iconography of Mosaics
• Mosaics in Their Architectural Context
• The Organization of Production
• Late Antiquity : Pagan and Christian Contexts
• The Role of Alexandria in the History of the Ancient Mosaic
• At the Dawn of the Third Millennium . . . the Mosaic Art Blooms Again in Alexandria

Details

• NCID: BC10430842
• ISBN:
  • 9781649030740
• LCCN: 2021015499
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: Cairo ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: 256 p.
• Size: 25 × 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : NA3760
  • DC23 : 720.932/1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mosaics, Greek -- Egypt -- Alexandria
  • LCSH : Mosaics, Roman -- Egypt -- Alexandria
  • LCSH : Alexandria (Egypt) -- Antiquities