Floral and Geometrical Motives of the Pavement Mosaics in East and West. The Example of the Roman Villa of Abicada

Authors : Maria De Jesus Duran Kremer

Pages : 59-70

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Publication Date : 2012-12-01

Article Type : Other

Abstract :Even if the figurative mosaics are usually the ones to catch the attention of the archeologists and the public, we cannot deny the meaning of the geometrical and the floral motives for the study of the mosaics landscape in the roman world. The combination of the different motives, the colors chosen for each motive and their combination can help to identify the influences that determined the making of the pavements. East and West of the Roman Empire are no exceptions to this phenomenon
Keywords : Mosaics, decorative discourse, influences, east and west, floral and geometrical motives