Book review: A mosaic menagerie: Creatures of land, sea and sky in Romano-British Mosaics

dc.contributor.authorLing, Roger
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-29T08:37:16Z
dc.date.available2020-06-29T08:37:16Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractOne of the more attractive features of mosaic pavements in Roman Britain - as indeed in other parts of the Roman Empire - is the profusion of animals that inhabit the various fields. In her excellent new monograph, Patricia Witts reviews and analyses all known specimens of this “mosaic menagerie”. Her agenda is made clear from the start. “Seemingly overlooked as a subject of serious study, these appealing creatures were more than mere decoration or a convenient way of filling space. They are usually chosen with care and offer insights into the overall iconography of the pavements in which they appear.” I would argue for a more flexible position: sometimes the fauna were highly meaningful (as in pavements showing beasts parading around Orpheus), sometimes they were more generally relevant (as in the marine fauna of mosaics in bath-suites), sometimes they were stock fillers chosen from a decorative repertoire. But this is a matter of opinion, and Witts presents her case persuasively and with exemplary thoroughness.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLing, R. (2017). "Book review: A mosaic menagerie: Creatures of land, sea and sky in Romano-British Mosaics". Journal of Mosaic Research, 10, 383-384.tr_TR
dc.identifier.endpage384tr_TR
dc.identifier.issn1309-047X
dc.identifier.issue10tr_TR
dc.identifier.startpage383tr_TR
dc.identifier.urihttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/405481
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11452/11553
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUludağ Üniversitesitr_TR
dc.relation.journalJournal of Mosaic Researchen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergitr_TR
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectRoman empireen_US
dc.subjectBritainen_US
dc.subjectRoman Mosaics of Britainen_US
dc.subjectRoma İmparatorluğutr_TR
dc.subjectBritanyatr_TR
dc.subjectBritanya'daki Roma mozaikleritr_TR
dc.titleBook review: A mosaic menagerie: Creatures of land, sea and sky in Romano-British Mosaicsen_US
dc.title.alternativeKitap incelemesi: A mosaic menagerie: Creatures of land, sea and sky in Romano-British Mosaicstr_TR
dc.typeArticleen_US

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