Saints and spectacle : Byzantine mosaics in their cultural setting / / Carolyn L. Connor

• Autore: Connor Carolyn L (Carolyn Loessel)
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvii, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 720.9495
• Soggetto topico: Mosaics, Byzantine - Themes, motives - Byzantine Empire; Architecture, Byzantine - Byzantine Empire; Church architecture - Byzantine Empire; Art and society; Church and state
• Soggetto geografico: Byzantine Empire Intellectual life
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Saints and spectacle
• ISBN: 0-19-061414-5; 0-19-045764-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154654103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.