A Private Spectacle in Antioch: An Investigation of an Initiation Scene
| dc.contributor.advisor | Venit, Marjorie S. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Gencay, Ozge | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Art History and Archaeology | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2004-06-04T05:56:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2004-06-04T05:56:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-05-04 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The House of the Mysteries of Isis, contains a controversial mosaic pavement identified as Mors Voluntaria. It shows a female and a male figure with Hermes on their right, standing in front of a door. The subject has been identified as an initiation scene into the cult of a motherly goddess either Isis or Demeter--, but the lack of scenes depicting mysteries and the singularity of the iconography have also led to the suggestion of a theatrical representation. This paper aims to explain the choice of iconography from the standpoint of the ancient viewer. After a brief historical survey, each object and each figure and its gesture are investigated separately and compared with elements in contemporary works of art. These comparisons suggest a scene of the initiation into the cult of a deity with an hidden identity, which provides a secret spectacle for the pavement's patron. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 6831849 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/1510 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Art History | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Isis and Demeter in Antioch | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Initiation Ceremony | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Antioch Mosaics | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | House of the Mysteries of Isis | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | Secret Ceremony | en_US |
| dc.title | A Private Spectacle in Antioch: An Investigation of an Initiation Scene | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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