The Mosaics of the Church of Santa Maria Do Freixo (Marco de Canaveses, Portugal): Reflections on Its Meaning in the Context of the Late Musivaria of the Douro Valley

The Mosaics of the Church of Santa Maria Do Freixo (Marco de Canaveses, Portugal): Reflections on Its Meaning in the Context of the Late Musivaria of the Douro Valley

In this paper, we present the polychromatic roman mosaics with a geometric organization and a vegetalist decoration discovered during the archaeological excavation that took place in 2001 in Santa Maria do Freixo church (Northern Portugal). After describing the ruins and the mosaics, a brief context...

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Main Author: António Manuel de Carvalho LIMA
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bursa Uludağ University Mosaic Research Centre 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Mosaic Research
Subjects:
polychromatic
geometric
vegetalist
douro valley
late antiquity
Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/369466
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The Mosaics of the Church of Santa Maria Do Freixo (Marco de Canaveses, Portugal): Reflections on Its Meaning in the Context of the Late Musivaria of the Douro Valley
Journal of Mosaic Research
polychromatic
geometric
vegetalist
douro valley
late antiquity
author_facet António Manuel de Carvalho LIMA
author_sort António Manuel de Carvalho LIMA
title The Mosaics of the Church of Santa Maria Do Freixo (Marco de Canaveses, Portugal): Reflections on Its Meaning in the Context of the Late Musivaria of the Douro Valley
title_short The Mosaics of the Church of Santa Maria Do Freixo (Marco de Canaveses, Portugal): Reflections on Its Meaning in the Context of the Late Musivaria of the Douro Valley
title_full The Mosaics of the Church of Santa Maria Do Freixo (Marco de Canaveses, Portugal): Reflections on Its Meaning in the Context of the Late Musivaria of the Douro Valley
title_fullStr The Mosaics of the Church of Santa Maria Do Freixo (Marco de Canaveses, Portugal): Reflections on Its Meaning in the Context of the Late Musivaria of the Douro Valley
title_full_unstemmed The Mosaics of the Church of Santa Maria Do Freixo (Marco de Canaveses, Portugal): Reflections on Its Meaning in the Context of the Late Musivaria of the Douro Valley
title_sort mosaics of the church of santa maria do freixo (marco de canaveses, portugal): reflections on its meaning in the context of the late musivaria of the douro valley
publisher Bursa Uludağ University Mosaic Research Centre
series Journal of Mosaic Research
issn 1309-047X
2619-9165
publishDate 2017-11-01
description In this paper, we present the polychromatic roman mosaics with a geometric organization and a vegetalist decoration discovered during the archaeological excavation that took place in 2001 in Santa Maria do Freixo church (Northern Portugal). After describing the ruins and the mosaics, a brief contextualization (including the formal analysis of the building and of the mosaics and its local and regional geographic context) is given in order to try to understand its social and cultural meanings.
topic polychromatic
geometric
vegetalist
douro valley
late antiquity
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/369466
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