PRELIMINARY INVENTORY OF THE STUDY PHOTOGRAPHS OF ANCIENT MOSAICS
Finding aid prepared by Charlie Rossow and Ann Harrison
Descriptive Summary
Title: Study photographs of ancient mosaics
Date (inclusive): 1900s
Number: 76.P.8
Creator/Collector:
Getty Research Institute
Physical Description:
32.7 linear feet
(156 boxes)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: A collection of modern photographs assembled by the Getty Research Institute of ancient mosaics, both in situ and removed,
concentrating on the Greek and Roman periods, Greek Archaic through the late Roman Empire (6th century BC-6th century AD).
Language: Collection material is in
English
Biographical/Historical Note
In 1974, the J. Paul Getty Museum began assembling a "photo library" by consolidating the visual resources of each existing
curatorial department. By the early 1980s, the Photo Archive was actively acquiring large collections of photographs from
commercial and private sources and scholars' archives that contained a photographic component. In 1983, the nearly one million
photographs of the Photo Archive were incorporated into the Research Institute's Special Collections.
Other Finding Aids
The
Photo Archive Database includes photograph level access to approximately 50% of the photographs in this collection.
Administrative Information
Access
Publication Rights
Processing History
Finding aid created in 2009.
Scope and Content of Collection
An assembled collection of modern photographs of ancient mosaics, both in situ and removed, concentrating on the Greek and
Roman periods, Greek Archaic through the late Roman Empire (6th century BC-6th century AD). Photographic coverage of ancient
sites is most complete for the countries of Greece, Italy, Libya, Tunisia, and Turkey, but the collection also contains photos
of mosaics from other countries, including Algeria, Austria, Cyprus, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Jordan, Lebanon,
Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, and Yugoslavia.
The collection contains photographs from numerous sources including commercial vendors and photographers, research institutions'
archives, excavation campaigns, and scholars' archives and collections. Among the commercial sources, the most important are
Alinari (including the Anderson and Brogi archives); Photographie Giraudon; Gabinetto fotografico nazionale, Rome, including
the Antonio Giuliano collection; Hirmer Verlag; Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln; Scala Art Resource; Barbara Bini; John Ross;
and Emile Serafis.
Some of the research institutions' archives from which the collection holds modern prints are the Fototeca unione at the American
Academy in Rome; Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), Athens and Rome; École française d'archéologie d'Athènes; Art Museum,
Princeton University; and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
Arrangement
Arrangement is geographical, filed alphabetically by name of modern country, then name of ancient city or site, and monument.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Mosaics, Ancient
Mosaics, Ancient--Greece
Mosaics, Ancient--Italy
Mosaics, Ancient--Libya
Mosaics, Ancient--Tunisia
Mosaics, Ancient--Turkey
Mosaics, Greek
Mosaics, Roman
Genres and Forms of Material
Photographic prints
Contributors
Bini, Barbara
Getty Research Institute
Giuliano, Antonio
Ross, John
Serafis, Emile
Study photographs of ancient mosaics
Box 37
Delphi, Dodecanese, Eretia, Isthmia
Box 44
Olympia, Olynthos, Paros, Patrai, Pella, Piraeus, Rhodes
Box 48
Ad Saxa Rubra, Aesis, Agrigentum, Alba Longa, Altinum, Antium, Aquileia, Arretium, Asciano, Atina
Box 51
Canusium, Capranica, Capua, Casal di Statua, Centum Cellae, Ciciliano, Claterna, Comiso, Cora, Cosa, Desenzano del Garda,
Este
Box 52
Falerii Veteres, Falerio, Forum Julii, Frascati, Fulginia, Hadria
Box 54
Iguvium, Imola, Ischia di Castro, Kaulonia
Box 55
Lanuvium, Larinum, Licenza, Lorium
Box 57
Mediolanum, Messina, Mevania, Minturnae, Montevenere, Morgantina, Motya, Oplontis
Box 66
Opitergium, Panormos, Perugia, Piacenza, Pisae, Purgi, Risaro
Box 79
Sant'Angelo in Formis, Sarsina, Sentinum, Stabiae, Sulmo, Tibur, Tor Marancio, Torrenova, Tor Tre Teste, Turris Libysonis,
Tusculum, Urvino Hortense
Box 84
Apollonia, Homs, Ptolemais
Box 88
Qasr El-Lebia, Tripoli, Uadi-Ez-Zgaia
Box 96
Acholla, Althiburus, Ammaedara, Bir Chana, Bir El Caid
Box 96
Chebba, Cillium, Civitas Siagitana, Curubis, Dar Zmela
Box 96
El Alia, El Haouria, Elles, Furnos Minus
Box 105
Kalaa Kebira, Khanguet el Hadjadj, Mactaris, Maxula, Mokenine, Naro, Oued Blibane, Oued Ramel
Box 109
Sisi Abdallah, Sidi Bou Ali, Smirat, Sufetula, Taparura
Box 151
Provenience unknown
Arrangement note
Filed by modern city and museum.
Box 152
Forgeries; Current location unknown
