Naslov
Colored marbles of Diocletian's palace in Split

Autori
Marasović, Katja ; Matetić Poljak, Daniela ; Gobić Bravar, Đeni

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone ASMOSIA X. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference of ASMOSIA Association for the Study of Marble & Other Stones in Antiquity Rome, 21-26 May 2012 / Pensabene, Patrizio ; Gasparini, Eleonora - Rim : L’ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER, 2015, 1003-1019

ISBN
978-88-913-0770-5

Skup
ASMOSIA Xth International Conference – Rome 21-26. may 2012

Mjesto i datum
Rim, Italija, 21.05.2012. - 26.05.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Diocletian’s Palace, colored marbles, Dalmatia

Sažetak
Diocletian’s Palace in Split, built at the beginning of the 4th century AD, is one of the best preserved edifices of the entire Roman Empire. Numerous were the artists and craftsmen who worked on its decoration. Apart from fine quality local limestone, which the majority of architectural decorations was made of and preserved, more than 20 different species of white and colored marbles from Egypt, Asia Minor and Greece were widely used in the Palace.They were used for columns, floor and wall revetment, furnishings and sculpture. During the Middle Ages, the acquisition of precious marbles was very difficult for a number of reasons. Therefore, all available Roman marble was reused to decorate churches and palaces of the city. The Romanesque pulpit of the Split Cathedral represents such a masterpiece, where the medieval sculptor skillfully reused different Roman fragments to create a new work of art. This paper deals with the visual identification of specific types of stone which will hopefully serve as a challenging basis for further petrographic and mineralogical analysis.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arhitektura i urbanizam, Povijest umjetnosti, Arheologija

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