02740oam 2200589 450 991015465410332120210108010006.00-19-061414-50-19-045764-3(CKB)4330000000005446(SSID)ssj0001646408(PQKBManifestationID)16416442(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001646408(PQKBWorkID)14853320(PQKB)22209762(StDuBDS)EDZ0001329199(MiAaPQ)EBC4706528(EXLCZ)99433000000000544620160829d2016 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrSaints and spectacle Byzantine mosaics in their cultural setting /Carolyn L. ConnorNew York, NY :Oxford University Press,2016.1 online resource (xvii, 212 pages) illustrations, mapsOxford scholarship onlineBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: MonographPrint version : 9780190457624 Includes bibliographical references and index.Middle Byzantine mosaics : appearance and character -- The lost mosaics of Constantinople and the Middle Byzantine program of church decoration -- Urban culture of the ninth and tenth centuries -- Feasting the saints : the sanctoral topography of Constantinople -- Mosaics as a ritual art : Byzantine mosaics at work.The awe-inspiring mosaics covering the walls, vaults, and domes of Byzantine churches of the medieval period still remain a mystery to modern viewers. Saints and Spectacle ventures into the world of ninth- and tenth-century Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, to recapture the spirit of Byzantine thought and expression after Iconoclasm. Texts, artworks, and the archaeological record aid in reconstructing the visual and literary context of the age of the first rulers of the Macedonian Dynasty.Oxford scholarship online.Mosaics, ByzantineThemes, motivesByzantine EmpireArchitecture, ByzantineByzantine EmpireChurch architectureByzantine EmpireArt and societyChurch and stateByzantine EmpireIntellectual lifeMosaics, ByzantineThemes, motivesArchitecture, ByzantineChurch architectureArt and societyChurch and state720.9495Connor Carolyn L(Carolyn Loessel),458989PQKBBOOK9910154654103321Saints and spectacle2670305UNINA