Mosaics As History
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Mosaics as History
Author | : G. W. Bowersock |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2006-11-15 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780674022928 |
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In the past century, exploration and serendipity have uncovered mosaic after mosaic in the Near East—maps, historical images and religious scenes constituting a treasure of new testimony from antiquity. In them, Bowersock finds historical evidence, illustrations of literary and mythological tradition, religious icons, and monuments to civic pride.
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