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Author Dawson, M. (Michael), 1955- author.

Title Spectacle and display : a modern history of Britain's Roman mosaic pavements / Michael Dawson
Published Oxford : Archaeopress, [2021]
©2021

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 246 pages) : illustrations
Series Archaeopress Roman archaeology
Archaeopress Roman archaeology.
Contents Preface ; 1. Mosaics Make a Site ; 2. Politics, aristocrats and antiquarians from the earliest discoveries to taste and vertue ; 3. Taste, entertainment and recreation from private patronage to popular display ; 4. Guardians, caretakers and museums - mosaics in the 19th century ; 5. The rise of the professional: the influence of state, profession and community to the mid-20th century ; 6. Crises and response 1970s - 1990s ; 7. The Most Spectacular Roman Remains in Britain ; 8. The glory of Rome? - Mosaics in the face of uncertainty 2000-2016 ; 9. Postscript ; 10. Bibliography
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Pavements, Mosaic -- Great Britain
Mosaics, Roman -- Great Britain
Classical Greek & Roman archaeology.
History of art: ancient & classical art, BCE to c 500 CE.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome.
ART -- History -- Ancient & Classical.
Mosaics, Roman
Pavements, Mosaic
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781789698329
1789698324