Visualizing Harbours in the Classical World: Iconography and Representation around the Mediterranean

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Federico Ugolini

Visualizing Harbours in the Classical World

Iconography and Representation around the Mediterranean

Federico Ugolini

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Bloomsbury Academic
11 June 2020

History of art: ancient & classical art; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes); Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Harbours & ports

In recent years, there has been intense debate about the reality behind the depiction of maritime cityscapes, especially harbours. Visualizing Harbours in the Classical World argues that the available textual and iconographic evidence supports the argument that these representations have a symbolic, rather than literal, meaning and message, and moreover that the traditional view, that all these media represent the reality of the contemporary cityscapes, is often unrealistic. Bridging the gap between archaeological sciences and the humanities, it ably integrates iconographic materials, epigraphic sources, history and archaeology, along with visual culture.

Focusing on three main ancient ports – Alexandria, Rome and Leptis Magna – Federico Ugolini considers a range of issues around harbour iconography, from the triumphal imagery of monumental harbours and the symbolism of harbour images, their identification across the Mediterranean, and their symbolic, ideological and propagandistic messages, to the ways in which aspects of Imperial authority and control over the seas were expressed in the iconography of the Julio-Claudian, Trajan and Severii periods, how they reflected the repute, growth and power of the mercantile class during the Imperial era, and how the use of imagery reflected euergetism and paideia, which would inform the Roman audience about who had power over the sea.

By: Federico Ugolini
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9781350125735
ISBN 10: 1350125733
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 11 June 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Federico Ugolini is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Maritime Civilizations, University of Haifa, Israel.

Reviews for Visualizing Harbours in the Classical World: Iconography and Representation around the Mediterranean

Ugolini's work remains a very well written, thoroughly researched and truly exciting study on the iconography of Hellenistic and Roman harbours in the Mediterranean. * International Journal of Nautical Archaeology *