Domestic and Divine

by Christine Kondoleson and Christine Kondoleon

Book Overview

Built on the southwestern coast of Cyprus in the second century A.D., the House of Dionysos is full of clues to a distant life--in the corner of a portico, shards of pottery, a clutch of Roman coins found on a skeleton under a fallen wall--yet none is so evocative as the intricate mosaic floors that lead the eye from room to room, inscribing in their colored images the traditions, aspirations, and relations of another world. In this lavishly illustrated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801430585
• ISBN13: 9780801430589
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher