The Long Tradition of the Cycle of Paintings of Qusayr

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_301
dc.contributor.author	Guidetti Mattia
dc.title	The Long Tradition of the Cycle of Paintings of Qusayr ‘Amra
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	The cycle of paintings of the bathhouse of Qusayr ‘Amra (eighth century, Jordan) has been the object of several attempts of interpretation. Scholars have usually limited its contextualization to the large family of Roman and late antique bathhouses to its plan and hydraulic features. The present article argues instead that late antique examples of the same architectural typology might have provided models and patterns for the paintings of Qusayr ‘Amra too. Agreeing with a common late antique artistic practice, legends were instead used in the painting in order to add and explain new and unusual themes inserted among the traditional repertoire.
dc.relation.ispartof	Eurasian Studies
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2016-07-19
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-086-0/the-long-tradition-of-the-cycle-of-paintings-of-qu/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-085-3/EUR-4-11
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8879
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9433
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-086-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-085-3
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Bathhouses
dc.subject	Bathhouses
dc.subject	Bathhouses decoration
dc.subject	Bathhouses decoration
dc.subject	Bilingual inscriptions
dc.subject	Bilingual inscriptions
dc.subject	Early Islam
dc.subject	Early Islam
dc.subject	Late antiquity
dc.subject	Late antiquity
dc.subject	Qusayr ‘Amra
dc.subject	Qusayr ‘Amra
dc.subject	Representation of kings
dc.subject	Representation of kings

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The Long Tradition of the Cycle of Paintings of Qusayr ‘Amra

Mattia Guidetti Universität Wien, Österreich

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The cycle of paintings of the bathhouse of Qusayr ‘Amra (eighth century, Jordan) has been the object of several attempts of interpretation. Scholars have usually limited its contextualization to the large family of Roman and late antique bathhouses to its plan and hydraulic features. The present article argues instead that late antique examples of the same architectural typology might have provided models and patterns for the paintings of Qusayr ‘Amra too. Agreeing with a common late antique artistic practice, legends were instead used in the painting in order to add and explain new and unusual themes inserted among the traditional repertoire.

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Keywords: Bathhouses decoration • Representation of kings • Bilingual inscriptions • Qusayr ‘Amra • Late antiquity • Early Islam • Bathhouses

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