Reconstruction of a Façade of the House of Aion, Nea Paphos, Cyprus

The subject of this paper is a reconstruction of the architectural decoration of a façade of the House of Aion in Nea Paphos. During an excavation carried out in 1997 several pieces of decorated architectural elements were uncovered in room 19, among others the fragments of an arch, a lintel, an en...

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Autor principal:	Aleksandra Brzozowska-Jawornicka
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Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2016
Materias:	Nea Paphos House of Aion façade architectural decoration blind arcade Ancient history D51-90 History of the arts NX440-632
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:08f57bf89cc34f499fde1c38cb8c550b2021-11-27T13:19:13ZReconstruction of a Façade of the House of Aion, Nea Paphos, Cyprus10.12797/SAAC.20.2016.20.101899-15482449-867Xhttps://doaj.org/article/08f57bf89cc34f499fde1c38cb8c550b2016-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/saac/article/view/3120https://doaj.org/toc/1899-1548https://doaj.org/toc/2449-867X The subject of this paper is a reconstruction of the architectural decoration of a façade of the House of Aion in Nea Paphos. During an excavation carried out in 1997 several pieces of decorated architectural elements were uncovered in room 19, among others the fragments of an arch, a lintel, an engaged column, an impost and two consoles. Those blocks served as a base for the reconstruction of the architectural frame of the main gateway. It took the form of a cantilevered, blind arcade of five spans erected above the main gate. Each span consisted of two engaged columns supporting an arch with a shallow niche underneath it, probably for a kind of decorative element. The reconstruction was based on similar architectural details known from the main room of the House of Aion, the Porta Aurea at the palace of Diocletian in Split, and the western façade of the Felix Romuliana Palace in Gamzigrad. Aleksandra Brzozowska-JawornickaKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleNea PaphosHouse of Aionfaçadearchitectural decorationblind arcadeAncient historyD51-90History of the artsNX440-632ENFRStudies in Ancient Art and Civilization, Vol 20 (2016)
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spellingShingle	Nea Paphos House of Aion façade architectural decoration blind arcade Ancient history D51-90 History of the arts NX440-632 Aleksandra Brzozowska-Jawornicka Reconstruction of a Façade of the House of Aion, Nea Paphos, Cyprus
description	The subject of this paper is a reconstruction of the architectural decoration of a façade of the House of Aion in Nea Paphos. During an excavation carried out in 1997 several pieces of decorated architectural elements were uncovered in room 19, among others the fragments of an arch, a lintel, an engaged column, an impost and two consoles. Those blocks served as a base for the reconstruction of the architectural frame of the main gateway. It took the form of a cantilevered, blind arcade of five spans erected above the main gate. Each span consisted of two engaged columns supporting an arch with a shallow niche underneath it, probably for a kind of decorative element. The reconstruction was based on similar architectural details known from the main room of the House of Aion, the Porta Aurea at the palace of Diocletian in Split, and the western façade of the Felix Romuliana Palace in Gamzigrad.
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title	Reconstruction of a Façade of the House of Aion, Nea Paphos, Cyprus
title_short	Reconstruction of a Façade of the House of Aion, Nea Paphos, Cyprus
title_full	Reconstruction of a Façade of the House of Aion, Nea Paphos, Cyprus
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Reconstruction of a Façade of the House of Aion, Nea Paphos, Cyprus

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