Roman black-and-white figural mosaics

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright and Permissions
• List of Illustrations
• Frontispiece
• Dedication
• Preface to the Electronic Edition
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Part One Composition in Black-and-White Figural Mosaics
  • I First Century: Rise of the Independent Figure-in-Architecture
    • The Architectural Setting
    • Trabeated Construction
    • Vaulted Construction
  • II Late Trajanic and Hadrianic Periods (110-138): Aesthetics of Flow and Kinesthetic Address
    • The Changing Relationship of Mosaic to Architecture
    • The Changing Relationship of Mosaic to the Spectator: Spectator Address
    • Three Types of Mosaic Composition
    • Trabeated Construction
    • Vaulted Construction
  • III Antonine Period (139-193): Extension of Kinesthetic Address
    • [Intro]
    • Trabeated Construction
  • IV Severan Period through Mid-Third Century (193 to about 250): Aesthetics of Disjunction and Axiality
    • [Intro]
    • Monumental Trabeated Construction
    • Small-Scale Trabeated Construction
    • Vaulted Construction
• Part Two Style in Black-and-White Figural Mosaics
  • V First Century: Silhouette Style and Its Alternatives
    • [Intro]
    • The Transition from Polychromy to Monochromy and the Emergence of the Silhouette Style
    • The Late Silhouette Style
    • The Neronian Fluid-Highlights Style
  • VI Late Trajanic and Hadrianic Periods (110-138): Draftsmanly Style
    • [Intro]
    • The Draftsmanly Style
    • The Hadrianic Classicizing Style
  • VII Antonine Period (139-193): Emergence of the Optical Style
    • White-Line Drawing in the Draftsmanly Style
    • The Early Optical Style
  • VIII Severan Period (193-235) and Later Third Century: Optical Styles
    • [Intro]
    • The Severan Optical Style I
    • The Late Draftsmanly Style
    • The Severan Optical Style II
    • The Optical Silhouette Style
• Conclusion
• Additional Resources Supplementary Figures
• Notes
  • Preface to the Electronic Edition
  • Introduction
  • I First Century
  • II Late Trajanic and Hadrianic Periods (110-138)
  • III Antonine Period (139-193)
  • IV Severan Period through Mid-Third Century (193 to about 250)
  • V First Century
  • VI Late Trajanic and Hadrianic Periods (110-138)
  • VII Antonine Period (139-193)
  • VIII Severan Period (193-235) and Later Third Century
  • Conclusion
• Bibliography for the Electronic Edition
• Indices
  • I. Mosaics by Site
  • II. Mosaics No Longer in Situ
  • III. General Index
• About the Author