eBook Divine Interiors: Mural Paintings in Greek and Roman Sanctuaries (Amsterdam Archaeological Studies) ePub

Book Description: Divine Interiors is an investigation into the decoration of Greek and Roman temples with wall paintings. Mighty marble facades, sculptures and paintings played an important role in relation to these monuments.

Book Description: Divine Interiors is an investigation into the decoration of Greek and Roman temples with wall paintings. While the official temples, which were connected to the city or state, usually had a simple but solemn appearance, the more popular buildings were true multi-color expressions of religiosity. Scenes from the life of the revered deity, supporters and practitioners of the cult, or of plants and animals could carry visitors of the shrines away to different worlds.

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MURAL PAINTINGS IN GREEK AND ROMAN SANCTUARIES (Amsterdam Archaeological Studies; Amsterdam University Press 2011; distributed by the University of Chicago Press). Recommend this journal.

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By Eric M. Moormann (Amsterdam Archaeological Studies 16.

By Eric M. Moormann (Amsterdam Archaeological Studies 16). Pp. vii + 259, b&w figs. 115, color pls. 53. Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam 2011. ISBN 978-90-8964-261-5 (cloth). The four chapters that focus on temple painting tell us succinctly where paintings have been found, how many, and what kind they are, with documentation that serves as an index to further information in excavation reports. American Journal of Archaeology Vol. 117, No. 1 (January 2013).

Mighty marble facades, sculptures, and wall paintings played an important role in the decoration of Greek and Roman temples. While the official temples, which were connected with a city or a state, usually had a simple but solemn appearance, the more popular buildings were true multi-colored expressions of religiosity.

Divine Interiors book. Drawing on archaeological remains and texts of antiquity, Divine Interiors fills a void in Greek and Roman studies by exploring a large variety of decorative schemes and fashions all over the ancient world and by shedding light on the devotional practices of worshippers and the use of shrines and temples in daily life.

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Recensie Eric M. Moormann, Divine Interiors. Mural Paintings in Greek and Roman Sanctuaries (Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam 2011), in: Kleio-Historia, nr. 3. (2016) 31-32.

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