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Imitation Alabaster: Varieties and Symbolism in Roman Paintings Pittura Funeraria Etrusca Simon J 00_AIPMA_Umschlag_00_AIPMA_Umschlag 22.01.18 16:41 Seite 1 Yves Dubois, Urs Niffeler (dir.) Antiqua 55 PICTORES PER PROVINCIAS II – STATUS QUAESTIONIS Actes du 13e Colloque de l’Association Internationale pour la Peinture Murale Antique (AIPMA) Université de Lausanne, 12–16 septembre 2016 Colloque International de l’AIPMA – Lausanne 2016 e ISBN 978-3-908006-47-3 Pictores per provincias II – Status quaestionis 13 du Actes Antiqua 55 Yves Dubois, Urs Niffeler (dir.) PICTORES PER PROVINCIAS II – STATUS QUAESTIONIS Actes du 13e Colloque de l’Association Internationale pour la Peinture Murale Antique (AIPMA) Colloque international organisé par Yves Dubois, Michel E. Fuchs et Alexandra Spühler à l’Université de Lausanne, Anthropole, du 12 au 16 septembre 2016 Veröffentlichung der ANTIQUA 55 Archäologie Schweiz Publication d’Archéologie Suisse Pubblicazione d’Archeologia Svizzera Publication of Swiss Archaeology PICTORES PER PROVINCIAS II – STATUS QUAESTIONIS Actes du 13e Colloque de l’AIPMA Lausanne, 12–16 septembre 2016 Yves Dubois, Urs Niffeler (dir.) Basel 2018 Couverture: Pully VD, villa romaine, paysage idyllico-sacré, in situ. Photo de fouille, Archéologie cantonale vaudoise. Quatrième de couverture: les participantes et participants au 13e colloque de l’AIPMA, Anthropole, Université de Lausanne. Photo T.Grec. Comité scientifique: voir p. 10. Cet ouvrage a fait l’objet d’un processus de peer-review. Le présent ouvrage a été publié avec le soutien des institutions suivantes: Académie suisse des sciences humaines et sociales Faculté des Lettres de l’Université de Lausanne Société Académique Vaudoise Fondation UBS pour la Culture Goethe-Stiftung für Kunst und Wissenschaft Fondation J.-J. van Walsem pro Universitate Fondation de Famille Sandoz AIPMA – Association internationale pour la peinture murale antique Fondation pour l’Université de Lausanne ARS – Association pour l’archéologie romaine en Suisse Institut d’archéologie et des sciences de l’Antiquité, UNIL Direction de la rédaction: Yves Dubois, Urs Niffeler. Equipe de rédaction, homogénéisation des contributions, transcription et rédaction des discussions, index locorum: Cindy Vaucher, Claudia Lozano, Daniela Greger, Sarah Paudex, Natasha Hathaway, Romeo Dell’Era, Nicolas Becker, Alexandra Spühler, Yves Dubois et Urs Niffeler. Mise en pages: Isabelle D. Zeder. Impression: Beltz Grafische Betriebe, Bad Langensalza. Copyright © by Archéologie Suisse, Basel 2018 Printed in Germany ISBN: 978-3-908006-47-3 4 Impressum SOMMAIRE Un demi-siècle de recherches Hellenistic Decoration in the Land of Israel sur la peinture murale antique Silvia Rozenberg . .139 Alix Barbet . .11 Roman and Early Byzantine Wall Paintings in Israel – A Survey Grèce Talila Michaeli . .155 An Overview of Roman Wall Painting in Greece Afrique du Nord Sarah Lepinski . .25 Nouvelles découvertes, recherches récentes sur la peinture à Alexandrie et dans le nord Thrace, Mer Noire, Asie mineure de l’Égypte Anne-Marie Guimier-Sorbets . .173 La peinture murale en Thrace pré-romaine Julia Valeva . .37 Wall Painting in Egypt outside of Alexandria. State of the Field Témoignages picturaux du Royaume Susanna McFadden . .193 du Bosphore Cimmérien, de Chersonèse Taurique et d’Olbia La pittura funeraria in Cirenaica (Libia) Pascal Burgunder . .55 Anna Santucci . .205 Die Entwicklung der Wandmalerei in La pittura parietale in Cirenaica (Libia) Kleinasien von der griechischen bis zur Jerzy Z˙ elazowski . .221 römischen Zeit am Beispiel von Ephesos Norbert Zimmermann . .69 La pittura parietale in Tripolitania: tematiche e sviluppi dei sistemi decorativi Eine hellenistische Dekoration im Mauer- attraverso testimonianze edite e inedite werkstil aus Pergamon: Rekonstruktion und Barbara Bianchi . .239 kontextuelle Verortung Anja J. Schwarz . .89 Spätpunische Wanddekorationen Karthagos und ihre überregionalen Vergleiche Thomas Lappi . .257 Proche-Orient Peintures murales de Dougga retrouvées Décors muraux au Proche-Orient dans le Fonds Poinssot Hélène Eristov, Claude Vibert-Guigue . .101 Alix Barbet . .269 Les peintres de l’Antiquité en Jordanie, La peinture murale en Maurétanie césarienne des royaumes d’époque hellénistique et en Numidie (Algérie). Quelques fragments à l’empire romain vers une synthèse Claude Vibert-Guigue . .121 Kenza Zinaï . .277 Nouvelles peintures dans une demeure La peinture murale en Maurétanie tingitane. romaine de Shahba-Philippopolis (Syrie) Etude de synthèse Oussama Nofal . .135 Layla Es-Sadra . .291 5 Italie du Sud et Sicile Rome et Latium Picta fragmenta. La pittura parietale romana La pittura «urbana» tra la tarda età nell’Italia meridionale e in Sicilia reppublicana e la prima età imperiale. Antonella Coralini . .311 Spunti di riflessione Stella Falzone . .445 Una variante regionale dello stile strutturale in Daunia. Materie, tecniche e Qualità e peculiarità della pittura romana stile decorativo di una domus di Arpi di prima età imperiale a Roma da vecchi e Salvatore Patete, Claude Pouzadoux, nuovi contesti Italo M. Muntoni, Anna Garavelli, Silvia Fortunati, Federica Pollari . .453 Daniela Pinto . .327 Casa di Livia sul Palatino: le pitture The decorative program nel cubicolo del piano superiore of the North Baths at Morgantina Valentina Torrisi . .465 Sandra K. Lucore . .339 Muses, Seasons, and Aion Ploutonios: Una pittura «ellenistico-romana»? The Dionysiac Frieze from the nymphaeum Il secondo stile nella provincia Sicilia of the Domus Transitoria Elisa Chiara Portale . .353 Aurora Raimondi Cominesi . .471 Tipologia dei sistemi decorativi in Sicilia Arredi pittorici dalle ville suburbane: Romana: il caso di Agrigento, Casa della esempi da vecchie e nuove indagini Gazzella (quartiere ellenistico romano) Stella Falzone, Claudia Gioia, Paolo Barresi, Maria Lucia Guarneri . .367 Martina Marano . .481 Nuove testimonianze di pitture parietali La decorazione pittorica in età medio- da Akrai (Sicilia) imperiale: il caso della villa di Livia ad Roksana Chowaniec, Rosa Lanteri, Gallinas Albas Jerzy Z˙ elazowski . .375 Eleonora Malizia . .497 La pittura pompeiana: primato e limiti De ratione pingendi parietes. Agnes Allroggen-Bedel . .383 Considérations sur les dynamiques de production des ateliers dans la peinture Beyond the Four Styles. ostienne de quatrième style Reflections on Periodizations and Other Martina Marano, Paolo Tomassini . .503 Matters in Roman Wall Painting Eric M. Moormann . .389 Italie centrale Imitation alabaster: Varieties and symbolism in Roman paintings Pittura funeraria etrusca Simon J. Barker, Simona Perna . .405 Stephan Steingräber . .513 Pitture di paesaggi con ville marittime Gli strumenti musicali in uso nel mondo su pareti di terzo e quarto stile pompeiano. etrusco attraverso l’analisi della pittura La villa di San Marco a Stabiae funeraria Raffaella Federico . .413 Giulia Armone, Lucrezia Campagna, Silvia Carrubba, Ludovica Lops, Silvia Lucia, Architettura e architetture nella pittura Stephan Steingräber . .531 romana: i pinakes di terzo e quarto stile dall’Urbe alla Campania Lineamenti per una sintesi sulla pittura Giuseppa Tabacchini . .423 murale romana nell’Italia centrale e insulare (Sardegna) Le specificità espressive nella decorazione Fulvia Donati . .537 della villa romana di Positano Luciana Jacobelli . .433 6 Sommaire Indagine sulla diffusione del terzo stile in El segundo estilo en la Casa del Larario Etruria: il caso di Vada Volaterrana de Bilbilis (Zaragoza, España) Ilaria Benetti, Fulvia Donati, Simonetta Menchelli, Carmen Guiral Pelegrín, Lara Íñiguez Marinella Pasquinucci, Paolo Sangriso . .555 Berrozpe, Carlos Sáenz Preciado, Manuel Martín-Bueno . .685 Gli intonaci dipinti delle villae maritimae dell’arcipelago toscano (Gorgona, Capraia, La decoración pictórica de la estancia C22-R Elba, Pianosa) en la Domus del Castro Chao Samartín Lorella Alderighi . .567 Olga Gago Muñiz . .693 Il Tempio romano di Nora (Cagliari, Restudying Roman wall painting in Sardegna): la decorazione parietale della Portugal today: testimonies, particularities cella in età altoimperiale and idiosyncrasies Federica Stella Mosimann . .575 Jorge Tomás García . .701 Italie du Nord Bretagne La pittura parietale in Cisalpina: quadro di Wall Paintings in Roman Britain: sintesi su una produzione di «confine» State of the Art Monica Salvadori, Alessandra Didonè . .583 Roger Ling . .711 Gli intonaci dipinti dell’VIII Regio augustea: un primo bilancio sulla produzione pittorica Gaules in Emilia-Romagna Francesca Fagioli, Riccardo Helg, La peinture romaine dans les trois Gaules Angelalea Malgieri . .599 (Narbonnaise, Lyonnaise, Aquitaine) Alexandra Dardenay . .723 Architetture fantastiche in sistemi ornamentali di terzo stile dalla villa delle Entre innovations et conservatisme: «grotte di Catullo» a Sirmione les décors de la cité antique de Bordeaux Barbara Bianchi . .611 Myriam Tessariol . .739 La peinture murale en Narbonnaise Péninsule ibérique au 1er siècle apr. J.-C. Ophélie Vauxion . .753 Cubicula y triclinia pintados en Hispania: articulación del espacio, sistemas decorativos e iconografía Gaule Belgique et Germanies Carmen Guiral Pelegrín . .621 Die römische Wand- und Deckenmalerei Los programas decorativos de los ambientes in den beiden Germanien und der Gallia privados del Conventus Caesaraugustanus Belgica durante el siglo I d. C. Renate Thomas . .761 Lara Iñiguez Berrozpe . .639 Bemalte Wände und Decken in der Apolo y las Musas de Carthago Nova niedergermanischen Colonia Ulpia Traiana Alicia Fernández Díaz, Irene Bragantini, (CUT) bei Xanten im Kontext von Gebäude José Miguel Noguera
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