The painted Tetrarchic reliefs of Nicomedia : uncovering the colourful life of Diocletian's forgotten capital / by Tuna Sare Agturk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Şare Ağtürk, Tuna, 1980- author.

Contributor:

Diocletian, Emperor of Rome, 245-313.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Studies in classical archaeology (Turnhout, Belgium) ; v. 12.

Studies in classical archaeology ; volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relief (Sculpture), Classical--Turkey--İzmit.

Relief (Sculpture), Classical.

İzmit (Turkey)--Antiquities, Roman.

İzmit (Turkey).

Classical antiquities.

Turkey--İzmit.

Physical Description:

xviii, 198 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 28 cm.

Other Title:

Uncovering the colourful life of Diocletian's forgotten capital

Place of Publication:

Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2021]

Summary:

This book presents the very first discussion of an astonishing group of painted Roman reliefs discovered from an imperial complex, at the centre of Diocletian's empire at Nicomedia. This ground-breaking volume offers the first publication of a major new monument of Roman power in Asia Minor - sixty-six painted marble frieze panels from the city of Nicomedia with an excellent archaeological and architectural context from the Tetrarchic period. During the rule of Diocletian, Nicomedia was the centre of the Late Roman Empire in the east, and the reliefs of the frieze, which decorate an imperial complex built at this time, represent an astonishing combination of imperial, mythological, and agonistic scenes. The reliefs found in Nicomedia fill an important gap in our knowledge between the Severan and Constantinian periods, and provide the East Roman Empire with a defining monument that can be set beside and in striking counterpoint to - the Arch of Constantine in Rome. Published here in full colour and fully documented, the Nicomedia Frieze is, in this hugely important scholarly monograph, brought to the public for the very first time

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction

Nicomedia, Archaeology, and History

Tale of a City from Nicomedia to Izmit

Archaeological Research and the Ancient Layout of Nicomedia

The Cukurbag Rescue Excavations (2001, 2009) and the TUBiTAK Cukurbag Archaeological Project (2015-2018)

Return of the Stolen Reliefs

Architectural Assessment of the Cukurbag Imperial Complex in the Roman Context

ch. 2 Technique, Style, and Colour

Design and Commission

A Nicomedian Sculptural `School' with a `Distinct' Style?

Executing Workshops

Carving and Tool Marks

Lifting and Fitting

Polychromy and Visibility

Concluding Remarks on the Technical Details

ch. 3 Iconography and Interpretation I: Imperial Depictions

Emperors in War and Triumph

Art under Diocletian and the Tetrarchy

Embracing Co-emperors and the adventus on the Nicomedia Frieze

Other Imperial Scenes of the Frieze: Battle, Marching Soldiers, and Imperial Appointment

Captive Barbarians on the Nicomedia Frieze

Concluding Remarks on Imperial Scenes of the Nicomedia Frieze

ch. 4 Iconography and Interpretation II: Mythological Depictions

Eponymous Heroes of Nicomedia

ch. 5 Iconography and Interpretation III: Agonistic Depictions

Games and Festivals of the `New' Imperial Capital

ch. 6 Conclusion

Turkce Ozet (Summary in Turkish)

ch. 7 The Reliefs

A Catalogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-190) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

2503594786

9782503594781

OCLC:

1265345334