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Antioch : the lost ancient city / edited by Christine Kondoleon

By: Kondoleon, ChristineMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Worcester, MA : Princeton University Press ; Worcester Art Museum, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: xiii, 253 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0691049327; 9780691049328; 0691049335; 9780691049335Subject(s): Art, Classical -- Turkey -- Antioch -- Exhibitions | Antioch (Turkey) -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions | Antioch (Turkey) -- Civilization -- ExhibitionsGenre/Form: Exhibition catalogs.DDC classification: 709/.39/43 LOC classification: N5865.A75 | K66 2000
Contents:
City of Antioch : an introduction / Christine Kondoleon -- People and identity in Roman Antioch / Michael Maas -- Late antique Antioch / Clive Foss -- Jews of ancient Antioch / Bernadette J. Brooten -- Antioch and Christianity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey -- Houses at Antioch / John J. Dobbins -- Mosaics of Antioch / Christine Kondoleon -- Household furnishings / James Russell -- Sculptures of Roman Syria / Cornelius Vermeule -- Mint of Antioch / William E. Metcalf -- Exotic taste : the lure of Sasanian Persia / Anna Gonosová -- Baths and bathing in Roman Antioch / Fikret Yegül -- Magic tablets and the games at Antioch / Florent Heintz -- Dining as a fine art : tablewares of the ancient Romans / Sandra Knudsen -- Pagan cults at Antioch / Sarolta A. Takács -- Church building at Seleucia Pieria / W. Eugene Kleinbauer -- Mosaic pavement of the church building at Seleucia Pieria / Christine Kondoleon -- Relief decoration of the church building at Seleucia Pieria / Susan Boyd
Review: "Antioch, the magnificent city known for its Hellenic culture and luxurious way of life, once ranked with Rome, Alexandria, and Constantinople as one of the great metropolises of the Roman and Early Christian world. Located in what is now southern Turkey, Antioch was the capital of Ancient Syria, a vital marketplace at the crossroads between East and West. It was here that Saint Paul preached to the first gentile community to be called "Christians" and where a Greek-speaking Jewish culture flourished alongside Roman, Egyptian, and Near Eastern traditions. A large middle-class shared in the wealth and culture of the city, and art abounded in numerous forms, especially in beautiful mosaics depicting scenes from mythology and everyday lifeSummary: Featuring 118 objects excavated from the city's ruins, all reproduced in full color, Antioch: The Lost Ancient City recreates the spatial sensation, visual splendor, and cultural richness of this urban center."--Jacket
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Folio Folio The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 53 - Main Room 		A3b(f) WORCE 19732 Not for loan BOOKS*000000014869

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass., Oct. 7, 2000-Feb. 4, 2001, at the Cleveland Art Museum, Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 18-June 3, 2001, and at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 16-Dec. 30, 2001

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index

City of Antioch : an introduction / Christine Kondoleon -- People and identity in Roman Antioch / Michael Maas -- Late antique Antioch / Clive Foss -- Jews of ancient Antioch / Bernadette J. Brooten -- Antioch and Christianity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey -- Houses at Antioch / John J. Dobbins -- Mosaics of Antioch / Christine Kondoleon -- Household furnishings / James Russell -- Sculptures of Roman Syria / Cornelius Vermeule -- Mint of Antioch / William E. Metcalf -- Exotic taste : the lure of Sasanian Persia / Anna Gonosová -- Baths and bathing in Roman Antioch / Fikret Yegül -- Magic tablets and the games at Antioch / Florent Heintz -- Dining as a fine art : tablewares of the ancient Romans / Sandra Knudsen -- Pagan cults at Antioch / Sarolta A. Takács -- Church building at Seleucia Pieria / W. Eugene Kleinbauer -- Mosaic pavement of the church building at Seleucia Pieria / Christine Kondoleon -- Relief decoration of the church building at Seleucia Pieria / Susan Boyd

"Antioch, the magnificent city known for its Hellenic culture and luxurious way of life, once ranked with Rome, Alexandria, and Constantinople as one of the great metropolises of the Roman and Early Christian world. Located in what is now southern Turkey, Antioch was the capital of Ancient Syria, a vital marketplace at the crossroads between East and West. It was here that Saint Paul preached to the first gentile community to be called "Christians" and where a Greek-speaking Jewish culture flourished alongside Roman, Egyptian, and Near Eastern traditions. A large middle-class shared in the wealth and culture of the city, and art abounded in numerous forms, especially in beautiful mosaics depicting scenes from mythology and everyday life

Featuring 118 objects excavated from the city's ruins, all reproduced in full color, Antioch: The Lost Ancient City recreates the spatial sensation, visual splendor, and cultural richness of this urban center."--Jacket