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Book SynopsisThis volume presents a spectrum of current research on ancient surface decoration (painting mosaic, and stuccowork/plasterwork) that offers new avenues of exploration and directions of inquiry. The collected essays draw from a wide range of disciplinary frameworks and integrate material analysis, the study of technical characteristics, the investigation of literary and archaeological evidence, and the interpretation and reconstruction of iconographic programs. Geographically, the papers focus on paintings from the Mediterranean world, including examples from the Bronze Age Aegean, the Hellenistic Levant, and Roman Campania and Greece. Exciting work on Classical Maya paintings in Guatemala augment the case studies from the Mediterranean region and provide an important opportunity for cross-cultural comparisons of ancient artistic and cultural practices as well as modern analytical approaches. By offering a wide chronological and geographic panorama, this volumes expands existing research on ancient surface decoration and aims to secure a broad and variable foundation for continued work.
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Table of ContentsSarah Lepinski and Susanna McFadden Introduction
Sarah Lepinski Methodologies and Materiality: Excavating and Analyzing Fragmentary Mural Painting, a Case Study from Ancient Corinth
Heather Hurst and Caitlin R. O'Grady Maya Mural Art as Collaboration: Verifying Artists Hands at San Bartolo, Guatemala through Pigment and Plaster Composition
Francesca Pique, Emily Macdonald-Korth, and Leslie Rainer Observations on Materials and Techniques Used in Roman Wall Paintings of the Tablinum, House of the Bicentenary at Herculaneum
Benton Kidd Masonry Style in Phoenicia: Reconstructing Sumptuous Mural Decoration from the "Late Hellenistic Stuccoed Building" at Tel Anafa
John R. Clarke Retrieving the Decorative Program of Villa A ("of Poppaea") at Oplontis (Torre Annunziata, Italy): How Orphaned Fragments Find a Home in the Virtual-Reality 3D Model
Seth Estrin Living Surfaces: The Materiality of Minoan Wall Paintings
Regina Gee Fourth Style Workshop Deployment and Movement Patterns at Villa A ("of Poppaea") at Oplontis
Stephanie Pearson Bodies of Meaning: Figural Repetition in Pompeian Painting
Lynley McAlpine Heirlooms on the Walls: Republican Paintings and Imperial Viewers in Pompeii
Emily Catherine Egan Working within the Lines: Artists' Grids and Painted Floors at the Palace of Nestor
Lea K. Cline Painted Pavements: Illusion and Imitation at Villa A ("of Poppaea") at Oplontis
