Research Guides @ Fordham: Fordham Museum of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Art: Mosaics and Glass

Where to Start

Patrons and Viewers in Late Antiquity by Stine Birk (Editor); Birte Poulsen (Editor)
Call Number: (RH) N5327 .P38 2012
Aarhus University Press, 2012.
A Handbook of Roman Art: A Comprehensive Survey of all the Arts of the Roman World by Martin Henig
Call Number: N5760 .H29 1983
Cornell University Press, 1983.

Glass

Ancient Glass: An Interdisciplinary Exploration by Julian Henderson
Call Number: (RH) TP850 .H46 2013
Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity by Karol B. Wight
Call Number: (RH) TP850 .W54 2011
The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011.
Ancient Glass in National Museums Scotland by C. S. Lightfoot
Call Number: + NK5102.5.G7 E456 2007
National Museums Scotland, 2007
Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE - 700 CE: Ernesto Wolf Collection by E. Marianne Stern
Call Number: NK5103.W8 S84 2001 (RH)
Hatje Cantz, 2001.

For further research

Consider looking at databases of gems to compare production methods and iconographical modes

Collection Highlights

Installation view of the Mosaics

Published by M. Peppard as "Mosaics from a Church in the Diocese of Apamea, Syria (463 CE)."

Mosaics

Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World by Katherine M. D. Dunbabin
Call Number: (RH) +NA3760 .D86 1999
Cambridge University Press, 1999.
The Mosaics of Roman North Africa: Studies in Iconography and Patronage by Katherine M. D. Dunbabin
Call Number: NA3770 .D85
Oxford: Claredon Press, 1978.
Les Pavements des Eglises Byzantines de Syrie et du Liban: décor, archéologie et liturgie by P. Donceel-Voûte
Call Number: + NA3780 .D62 1988 V. 1-2 (RH)
Louvain-la-Neuve : Département d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, 1988.

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