Tunisian Mosaics: Treasures from Roman Africa

$40.00 at The Getty Museum.

Aïcha Ben Abed In this volume, one of the world’s leading experts on the mosaics of Roman Africa, provides an introduction to the remarkable art of Tunisian Mosaics.   As the Roman Empire expanded its African settlements in the early centuries of the common era, thousands of mosaic floor pavements were fashioned to adorn the townhouses and rural estates of the African upper classes. Between the second and sixth centuries, mosaic art blossomed, particularly in Africa Proconsularis, the region comprising modern…