Byzantine Mosaics
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Saints And Spectacle
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Author : Carolyn Loessel Connor
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
Saints And Spectacle written by Carolyn Loessel Connor and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Architecture categories.
Saints and Spectacle examines the origins and reception of the Middle Byzantine program of mosaic decoration. This complex and colorful system of images covers the walls and vaults of churches with figures and compositions seen against a dazzling gold ground. The surviving eleventh-century churches with their wall and vault mosaics largely intact, Hosios Loukas, Nea Moni and Daphni in Greece, pose the challenge of how, when and where this complex and gloriously conceived system was created. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Connor explores the urban culture and context of church-building in Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, during the century following the end of Iconoclasm, of around 843 to 950. The application of an innovative frame of reference, through ritual studies, helps recreate the likely scenario in which the medium of mosaics attained its highest potential, in the mosaiced Byzantine church. For mosaics were enlisted to convey a religious and political message that was too nuanced to be expressed in any other way. At a time of revival of learning and the arts, and development of ceremonial practices, the Byzantine emperor and patriarch were united in creating a solution to the problem of consolidating the Greek Orthodox Byzantine Empire. It was through promoting a vision of the unchallengeable authority residing in God and his earthly representative, the emperor. The beliefs and processional practices affirming the protective role of the saints in which the entire city participated, were critical to the reception of this vision by the populace as well as the court. Mosaics were a luxury medium that was ideally situated aesthetically to convey a message at a particularly important historical moment--a brilliant solution to a problem that was to subtly unite an empire for centuries to come. Supported by a wealth of testimony from literary sources, Saints and Spectacle brings the Middle Byzantine church to life as the witness to a compelling and fascinating drama.
Byzantine Mosaics
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Author : Nano Chatzidakis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Byzantine Mosaics written by Nano Chatzidakis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Art categories.
With the luxury of their materials, technical precision, beauty, and aesthetic grandeur, Byzantine mosaics, particularly the wall mosaics, constitute the most impressive manifestation of Byzantine monumental painting. Highly expensive and laborious works of art, they were commissioned and dedicated by emperors, dignitaries, state officials and members of the Church hierarchy, in order to enhance the dwellings of Divinity, important churches and monasteries; and at the same time to manifest the power, glory and legendary wealth of His earthly representatives. A brilliant selection of mosaics from twenty-five famous monuments are presented here by Nano Chatzidakis, Professor of Byzantine Art and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina. In historical and stylistic terms, they cover the development of mosaic art from the 5th to the 14th century, which is described and analysed efficiently by the author in the first part of the volume. The unique pictorial character and special artistic importance of each individual mosaic ensemble presented in this volume is superbly illustrated and emerges strikingly through a full discussion of the stylistic and aesthetic physiognomy of the mosaics it comprises, and a brief reference to the monument it adorns.
Byzantine Mosaics In Greece Hosios Lucas Daphni
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Author : Ernst Diez
language : en
Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Release Date : 1931
Byzantine Mosaics In Greece Hosios Lucas Daphni written by Ernst Diez and has been published by American School of Classical Studies at Athens this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with Architecture, Byzantine categories.
Mosaics at Daphni and Hosios Loukas in Boiotia were produced during Byzantium's second golden age, in the period ca. 1090/1100 A.D. This book presents black and white and color images of these works of art, and detailed iconographical and historical commentary.
Byzantine Mosaics In Norman Sicily
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Author : Adele Cilento
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Byzantine Mosaics In Norman Sicily written by Adele Cilento and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Art categories.
Byzantine Mosaics
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952
Byzantine Mosaics written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1952 with Art categories.
The Mosaics Of St Mary S Of The Admiral In Palermo
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Author : Ernst Kitzinger
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Release Date : 1990
The Mosaics Of St Mary S Of The Admiral In Palermo written by Ernst Kitzinger and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Design categories.
The text explores the iconographic and stylistic sources of the Greek mosaicists, as well as the departures from Byzantine norms, and the relationship of the decoration to contemporary work in the royal foundations. Also included is a chapter on the architecture of the church by Slobodan Çurciç.
Byzantine Mosaic Decoration
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Author : Otto Demus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
Byzantine Mosaic Decoration written by Otto Demus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Art categories.
New Light On Old Glass
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Author : Christopher Entwistle
language : en
Publisher: British Museum Research Public
Release Date : 2013
New Light On Old Glass written by Christopher Entwistle and has been published by British Museum Research Public this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with History categories.
This new publication brings together a range of leading scholars from Europe, America and the Middle East to discuss the most recent research in the field of Byzantine glass and mosaics in an interdisciplinary context. New Light on Old Glass explores how mosaics are perhaps the most outstanding examples of Byzantine art which survive; revealing changing aesthetics and issues surrounding the technical production of glass in medieval artistic practices. This is the first time that so many diverse papers, ranging from art history, archaeology, chemistry, physics and Byzantine studies have been assembled in one volume, and is the culmination of a five-year research programme on the Composition of Byzantine Glass Mosaic Tesserae, conducted by the University of Sussex in conjunction with the British Museum and sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust.
Hadrianopolis Iv
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Author : Sami Patacı
language : en
Publisher: BAR International Series
Release Date : 2019
Hadrianopolis Iv written by Sami Patacı and has been published by BAR International Series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Design categories.
Hadrianopolis is located on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian plain through the mountains to Bartin and the Black Sea, 3 km west of modern Eskipazar, near Karabèuk, in Roman southwestern Paphlagonia. Though small, it dominated a rich agricultural and vinicultural enclave on the borders between Paphlagonia, Bithynia and Galatia. Between 2005 and 2008, four survey, excavation and restoration campaigns were conducted on the site by Dokuz Eylèul University. The 2005 surveys identified the remains of at least 24 buildings, many of which were paved with extensive mosaic floors. Following the publication of the inscriptions (Hadrianopolis I), glass (Hadrianopolis II), and pottery finds (Hadrianopolis III), the present volume is devoted to these early Byzantine mosaics and frescoes from this site, dated mainly to the 6th and 7th centuries AD. The most remarkable of these is the floor mosaic of the nave of the Basilica B, which displays personifications of the four rivers of paradise: Euphrates, Tigris, Phison and Geon.
Byzantine Mosaics
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Author : Peter Meyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Byzantine Mosaics written by Peter Meyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with categories.