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Some Geometrical Patterns and Decorative Motifs Occurring in Roman Portuguese Mosaics: A Comparative Approach with Eastern and Western Mosaics

Year 2014, Issue: 7, 49 - 59, 01.12.2014
https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.306307

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Comparing some geometrical patterns and decorative motifs occurring in Roman mosaics from the West and the East, namely from Portugal and from Turkey, we aim to understand the reasons for the similarities and the divergences between them, attending also to the chronologies. In the first place we will focus on the “compass drawing” composition, its geographical expansion and some achievements of this schema on mosaics from the Western and Eastern Roman Provinces such as Dalmatia, Macedonia and Pontus. From Lusitania, we will focus particularly on mosaics proceeding from some villae located in the Portuguese territory comparing them with a mosaic proceeding from Pontus, attending their chronologies and their decoration. Secondly, we will do a first approach to the analysis of a mosaic, unpublished, and reported by Abraços 2005, proceeding from the Roman city of Bracara Augusta, nowadays Braga, in the NW of Portugal. On this interesting mosaic, we can see some decorative motifs that are quite common on the Eastern and North African realisations, though restricted to a group of Portuguese mosaics belonging to Conuentus Scalabitanus: from «Casa de Cantaber» at Conimbriga and from the Roman villae of Santiago da Guarda and of Rabaçal, both in the area of the Conimbriga ciuitas. The stylistic comparisons of Bracara Auguta’s mosaic and these of Portuguese and also eastern and western realisations point to an achievement from the 3rd/4th c. A.D. This chronology seems coincident with the urban improvement that Bracara Augusta benefited under its promotion to the capital of the Province Gallaecia

Roma Portekiz Mozaiklerindeki Bazı Geometrik Desenler ve Dekoratif Motifler: Doğu ve Batı Mozaikleriyle Karşılaştırmalı Bir Yaklaşım

Year 2014, Issue: 7, 49 - 59, 01.12.2014
https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.306307

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Türkiye ve Portekiz başta olmak üzere, doğu ve batı’daki Roma mozaiklerinde görülen bazı dekoratif ve geometrik desenler, kronolojileri de dahil edilerek karşılaştırıldığında aralarındaki benzerlik ve farklılıkların nedenleri ortaya koyulacaktır. İlk olarak pergel çizimi kompozisyonları “compass drawing”, Pontus, Makedonya, Dalmaçya gibi doğu ve batı Roma eyaletlerindeki coğrafi yayılımı ve bu tür şemaların başarılı kullanımı üzerinde durulacaktır. Portekiz sınırları içinde bulunan Lusitania’dan bazı villaların mozaik uygulamaları, kronolojileri ve süslemeleri de göz önünde bulundurulup Pontus’taki bir mozaikle karşılaştırılacaktır. İkinci olarak, ise 2005 yılında Abraços tarafından raporlanan ve yayınlanmamış olan ve günümüzde Portekiz’in kuzey batısında Braga olarak bilinen Bracara Augusta isimli Roma kentinden bir mozaik parçasını analiz edilecektir. Bu ilginç mozaik üzerinde, Conuentus Scalabitanus’a ait olan Portekiz mozaikleri grubuna özgü olmasına rağmen, doğu ve kuzey Afrika’da oldukça yaygın olan bazı dekoratif motifleri görebiliriz: Conimbriga sınırları içerisindeki «Casa de Cantaber» ve Santiago da Guarda’da ve Rabaçal, Ansião’daki Roma Villaları. Bracara Augusta mozaiğinin stilistik karşılaştırmaları, Portekiz ile doğu ve batıdaki benzerleri, İ.S. 3. ve 4. yüzyıllardaki gelişmeye işaret etmektedir. Bu kronoloji, Galiçya Eyaleti’nin başkenti olma avantajından yararlanarak kentin gelişimiyle çakışıyor görünmektedir

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Licínia Nunes Correia Wrench This is me

Publication Date December 1, 2014
Published in Issue Year 2014 Issue: 7

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APA Wrench, L. N. C. (2014). Some Geometrical Patterns and Decorative Motifs Occurring in Roman Portuguese Mosaics: A Comparative Approach with Eastern and Western Mosaics. Journal of Mosaic Research(7), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.306307
AMA Wrench LNC. Some Geometrical Patterns and Decorative Motifs Occurring in Roman Portuguese Mosaics: A Comparative Approach with Eastern and Western Mosaics. JMR. December 2014;(7):49-59. doi:10.26658/jmr.306307
Chicago Wrench, Licínia Nunes Correia. “Some Geometrical Patterns and Decorative Motifs Occurring in Roman Portuguese Mosaics: A Comparative Approach With Eastern and Western Mosaics”. Journal of Mosaic Research, no. 7 (December 2014): 49-59. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.306307.
EndNote Wrench LNC (December 1, 2014) Some Geometrical Patterns and Decorative Motifs Occurring in Roman Portuguese Mosaics: A Comparative Approach with Eastern and Western Mosaics. Journal of Mosaic Research 7 49–59.
IEEE L. N. C. Wrench, “Some Geometrical Patterns and Decorative Motifs Occurring in Roman Portuguese Mosaics: A Comparative Approach with Eastern and Western Mosaics”, JMR, no. 7, pp. 49–59, December 2014, doi: 10.26658/jmr.306307.
ISNAD Wrench, Licínia Nunes Correia. “Some Geometrical Patterns and Decorative Motifs Occurring in Roman Portuguese Mosaics: A Comparative Approach With Eastern and Western Mosaics”. Journal of Mosaic Research 7 (December 2014), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.26658/jmr.306307.
JAMA Wrench LNC. Some Geometrical Patterns and Decorative Motifs Occurring in Roman Portuguese Mosaics: A Comparative Approach with Eastern and Western Mosaics. JMR. 2014;:49–59.
MLA Wrench, Licínia Nunes Correia. “Some Geometrical Patterns and Decorative Motifs Occurring in Roman Portuguese Mosaics: A Comparative Approach With Eastern and Western Mosaics”. Journal of Mosaic Research, no. 7, 2014, pp. 49-59, doi:10.26658/jmr.306307.
Vancouver Wrench LNC. Some Geometrical Patterns and Decorative Motifs Occurring in Roman Portuguese Mosaics: A Comparative Approach with Eastern and Western Mosaics. JMR. 2014(7):49-5.

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