Product Description

This exhibition catalogue brings to life the Hellenic city of Antioch - once the capital of Ancient Syria and the gateweay to the east and west. The colour plates feature artefacts excavated, including: mosaics; sculpture; glass and metal work.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1406919 in Books
• Published on: 2000-12-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
Seldom can we see a governing class maintain its grip on a city from classical times into the early centuries of the Byzantine Empire. Seldom, also, have such a formidable and resilient group of persons managed to face down a changing world with such apparently effortless charm. It is on this aspect of Antioch that the catalog has concentrated most effectively and with most evident enthusiasm. A serious attempt is made to set the mosaics in their architectural context . . .

Choice
[An] excellent catalog, creating, in effect, a handsomely illustrated memoir of ancient Antioch, once lost and now found again.

New York Review of Books
A serious attempt is made to set the mosaics in their architectural context. . . .