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The work we are presenting is about a commonly designated minor subject in mosaic research, namely the study of moulding (referred as borders, frames or friezes) or border-patterns and its relations with the central panels in mosaics global design.The idea for this study aroused from spontaneous questions: why is there always a (one or more) borderline in the edge of mosaics floors and between panels? is there any sort of border-patterns choice or is it a random selection? can border- patterns reflect a certain workshop, influence, origin, or model in mosaic production? are there special combinations between certain central motifs ( figures or geometric) and border-patterns? are some motifs exclusively employed as border-patterns or can they also be used in central panels? These questions are transversal in the history of Roman mosaic and show a clear association with architecture and painting. Vitruuius stated the principles of classical architecture according to which construction should have its finishing in a distinctive moulding according to the Orders and the convenience of decor. The production of emblemata in Greek and Roman mosaics reflect the profound influence of painting not only in the use of tiny colorful cubes of stone ( opus uermiculatum) giving the effect of paint strokes but also in the visual strategy of placing the emblema in the centre of the floor like a painting. From this moment on, it makes part of the pavement although it is distinctively its focus undoubtedly emphasized by the involving border-pattern.
The “Domus dos Repuxos” or “House of the Fountains" is located in the Roman city of Conímbriga ( Coimbra, Portugal). It is one of the most magnificent Roman houses that was unfortunately doomed to destruction when left outside the perimeter of the city wall built probably in the end of the 3rd c. to protect Conímbriga from the barbaric invasions. Among the mosaics that embellish the “Domus dos Repuxos” pavements, there is an accommodation with the so-called “ Deer Hunt Mosaic “ still in situ. This pavement is composed of four geometric panels surrounding the central square panel comprising a medallion with the “Deer Hunt” scene designed in a rotative form. This pavement was studied by Professor Bairrão Oleiro in 1993 and was dated to the last quarter of the 2nd c and beginning of the 3 rd c. This study will focus on the design of the so-called “Deer Hunt” scene depicted in the medallion of the “ Domus dos Repuxos”. Our research will concentrate on the general process of conceiving figured scenes inside curved geometric forms and give special attention to the rotative drawing of the “ Deer Hunt “ scene. Roman mosaics developed great interest in reproducing not only figured scenes but also geometric patterns inside medallions. Therefore, a curved geometric figure seemed to be a creative base to perform geometric delusional effects and an attractive means of displaying a certain scene, story or narrative. The crucial feeling of movement showed in this mosaic stands on the lay out of the characters in the curved form of the medallion just as the first animation experiments would do centuries afterwards ( i.e. Phenakistoscope, Zootrope, Praxinoscopeo). With the use of digital technologies we aim to highlight the scenes in this medallion and to understand the perspectives of the narratives. Could this be an experiment on motion picture? What were their intentions, achievements and limitations?
XIII Congreso de la AIEMA (14-18 de septiembre de 2015) Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Ed: Luz Neira Jimenez, Series: Hispania Antigua. Serie Arqueologica., 6 ISBN: 978-88-913-1237-2 - Binding: Paperback - Pages: 460, 100 ill. B/N, 60 ill. Col., 16 tav. f.t - Size: 21 x 29,7 cm Estudios sobre Mosaicos Antiguos y Medievales comprende las Actas del XIII Congreso de la AIEMA (Association Internationale pour l'Etude de la Mosa!que Antique), organizado por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid en colaboración con el Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Madrid, en cuyo Salón de Actos se celebra ron las comunicaciones entre los días 14 y 18 de septiem bre de 2015, con el patrocinio del Instituto de Cultura y Tecnología (UC3M) gracias a una Ayuda del Programa Propio del Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Transferen cia de la Universidad Carlos III, y con la colaboración también de la Facultad de Geografía e Historia de la UNED, el Instituto Arqueológico Alemán de Madrid, el Parque Arqueológico de Carranque y el Parque Arqueoló gico de Complutum. El volumen consta de tres partes, la primera está dedicada a los talleres e intercambios interprovinciales, la segunda incluye , por primera vez, las aplicaciones científicas y tecnológicas para el estudio de los mosaicos, y, la tercera los nuevos hallazgos y nuevas lecturas. Las Actas del XIII Congreso de la AIEMA celebrado en Madrid en 2015 continúan la línea de las anteriores publicaciones resultantes de los Congresos celebrados bajo los auspicios de laAIEMA (París 1963; Vienne 1971; Ravena 1980; Trier 1984; Bath 1987; Palencia-Mérida 1990; Túnez 1994; Lausanne 1997; Roma 2001; Conimbriga 2005; Bursa 2009 y Venecia 2012. Como congresos de referencia acerca de las investigaciones sobre mosaicos antiguos y medievales , sirven de foro de encuentro científico en el que los especialistas, profesores e investigadores de las universidades y centros de investigación más importantes del mundo, tienen ocasión de exponer y debatir sobre los aspectos relacionados con el estudio del mosaico, al tiempo que proporcionan la oportunidad de visitar y contemplar los hallazgos de los diferentes países y ciudades, sede de los Congresos de la AIEMA. Este fue el caso de los mosaicos hispanos durante la celebración del XIII Congreso en Madrid, a juzgar por los descubrimientos, particularmente significativos, en las últimas décadas.
XIVe Colloque de l'Association Internationale pour l'Étude de la Mosaïque Antique. AIEMA – Nicosia, Cipro, 15-19 ottobre 2018
Pavimenti a ciottoli di età tardo-classica ed ellenistica (IV-I sec. a.C.) dalla Basilicata (Italia). Proposta di classificazione tipologicaI pavimenti decorati a ciottoli di età tardo-classica ed ellenistica attestati in Italia Meridionale rivestono un grande interesse documentario in quanto espressione paradigmatica dell’originalità della cultura musiva magno-greca, da un lato, ed italica, dall’altro. Per quanto concerne tale ambito geografico, tuttavia, si rileva come ancora oggi manchi uno studio puntuale in grado di metterne pienamente in luce le caratteristiche tecnico-artigianali, decorative e funzionali, e di definirne con precisione gli aspetti cronologici ed evolutivi.Di particolare rilievo, in tal senso, appare il contributo conoscitivo offerto dall’attuale territorio della Basilicata, regione che si trova al centro dell’Italia Meridionale e fu da sempre importante crocevia di culture diverse. Si tratta di un piccolo corpus (circa 15 esemplari) di stesure realizzate in ciottoli fluviali – per lo più inedite o note in bibliografia solo attraverso brevi menzioni – che afferiscono a diverse tipologie esecutive. Si passa infatti da alcuni rari e pregevoli prodotti delle maestranze elleniche in ambito greco-occidentale (prima metà IV sec. a.C.) alle più sperimentali ed eterogenee elaborazioni dell’artigianato indigeno (IV – III sec. a.C.), che dai rimi furono fortemente influenzate e che in seguito conobbero interessanti esiti realizzativi fino alla piena età romana (inizi I sec a.C.). In occasione del prossimo Colloquio dell’AIEMA, dunque, s’intende sottoporre all’attenzione del dibattito scientifico in materia aspetti e caratteristiche di un nucleo di attestazioni tanto rilevante quanto ancora poco conosciuto dell’Italia Meridionale, anche alla luce di una documentazione – grafica e fotografica – in parte inedita e di un riesame critico metodologicamente aggiornato. Partendo dall’indagine analitica del “sistema pavimento”, inoltre, si cercherà di proporre un’ipotesi di classificazione tipologica che possa conferire ai rivestimenti decorati a ciottoli un più rigoroso approccio scientifico – già acquisito per altre classi pavimentali – e che possa essere utilmente impiegata anche in altre aree del mondo mediterraneo.
2019 •
Workshop Internacional sobre los mosaicos romanos en el espacio rural: Investigación y puesta en valor Dirección: Luz Neira
2018 •
Membre du comité scientifique et organisateur. Communication : Autour des tours et des contours. Le motif de la roue dans les mosaïques d’époque hellénistique, jusqu’aux mosaïques de l’Antiquité tardive.
The present contribution discusses the use of classical themes that were in vogue in the 4th century, and than, after the ban of the Pagan religion in the East Roman Empire. We will talk about the subjects that were adopted in the 4th, 5th and 6th centuries in the eastern provinces speaking the Greek language. We shall first describe the most significant remains the mythological themes of the Cypriot mosaics of the House of Aion, of the House of Theseus in Paphos, of the House of Eustolios in Kourion and then present remind the mythological themes and personifications of the houses of Antioch and elsewhere. We will present the zodiac mosaics and some others themes borrowed from classical iconography and tolerated by Christians and also by some religious minorities.
2016 •
Les vil.les romanes de la Tarraconense. 1
Las villae: ¿Espacio de representación? El testimonio de los mosaicos, en Les vil.les romanes de la Tarraconense vol. 1, pp. 55-802011 •
Estudios sobre mosaicos romanos. Dimas Fernández Galiano in memoriam
Representaciones de agones o certamina graeca en los mosaicos romanos de la pars occidentalis, en Estudios sobre mosaicos romanos. Dimas Fdez. Galiano in memoriam, Madrid, La Esfera de los Libros, 2018, 281-312 + láms. en color.2018 •
Estudios sobre mosaicos antiguos y medievales (Editora Luz Neira Jiménez) - Atti del XIII Congreso Internacional de la AIEMA
Permanências e continuidades nos mosaicos romanos: oficinas, tessellarii e repertórios2016 •
A. Arbeiter / D. Korol (eds), Der Kuppelbau von Centcelles. Neue Forschungen zu einem enigmatischen Denkmal von Weltrang. Iberia Archaeologica 21
Überlegungen zur Bedeutung der Brandzeichen des Pferdes des sog. Jagdherrn im Kuppelmosaik von Centcelles2016 •
A. Arbeiter - D. Korol (Hrsg.), Der Kuppelbau von Centcelles. Neue Forschungen zu einem enigmatischen Denkmal von Weltrang, Internationale Tagung des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts im Goethe-Institut Madrid 22.-24.11.2010, IA 21 (Tübingen 2015)
Die Ornamentale Gliederung des Dekors im Kuppelsaal von Centcelles2019 •
Anales de Arqueología Cordobesa, 29
Oceano en los mosaicos romanos. A propósito de un pavimento de Colonia Patricia2018 •
Estudios sobre Mosaicos Romanos, Dimás Fernández Galiano In Memoriam
Influencias de las aguas mineromedicinales en el empleo de determinados motivos en los mosaicos romanos del Levante hispano2018 •
Die Villa von Centcelles, hg. A. Arbeiter - J. Korol
Die Mosaikkuppel von Centcelles. Bilderzählung im Raum2015 •
Elda Omari
The Roman Villa of Tirana (Albania) and Its Mosaics - Tiran Roma Villası ve Mozaikleri (Arnavutluk)2018 •
A. Arbeiter / D. Korol (eds), Der Kuppelbau von Centcelles. Neue Forschungen zu einem enigmatischen Denkmal von Weltrang. Iberia Archaeologica 21
Zur Deutung der Kathedra-Szenen: Die ›mappa‹, der ›Weihrauchschwenker‹ und die Kathedren im Kuppelmosaik von Centcelles2016 •
A. Arbeiter / D. Korol (eds), Der Kuppelbau von Centcelles. Neue Forschungen zu einem enigmatischen Denkmal von Weltrang. Iberia Archaeologica 21
Die Mosaikfragmente in den Konchen des Kuppelsaales von Centcelles: Reste repäsentativer imagines clipeatae2016 •
2013 •
Estudios sobre mosaicos antiguos y medieval. AIEMA.
Aportaciones Compositivas e Iconográficas de los Talleres Musivarios Locales de Hispania del Alto y Bajo Imperio2016 •
LA MUSIVARIA DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA COMO FUENTE DOCUMENTAL PARA LA HISTORIA: UN ESTADO DE LA CUESTIÓN
LA MUSIVARIA DE LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA COMO FUENTE DOCUMENTAL PARA LA HISTORIA: UN ESTADO DE LA CUESTIÓN2017 •
Atti del XII Colloquium de l’Association Internationale pour l’Etude de la Mosaïque Antique (AIEMA), ), a cura di G. Trovabene, Venezia, 11-15 settembre 2012
Fontane a scalette multiple in muratura decorate a mosaicoA. Arbeiter - D. Korol (Hrsg.), Der Kuppelbau von Centcelles. Neue Forschungen zu einem enigmatischen Denkmal von Weltrang, Internationale Tagung des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts im Goethe-Institut Madrid 22.-24.11.2010, IA 21 (Tübingen 2015)
Zu einigen überwiegend unpublizierten Bodenmosaikresten und Wandmalereifragmenten in Centcelles. Erste Bestandsaufnahmen
Filomena Limão
Maria Silva