| Description |
200 pages : mounted color illustrations, map. ; 29 cm |
| Series |
The Great centuries of painting |
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Great centuries of painting.
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| Contents |
Byzantine art: its significance and scope -- Programs before iconoclasm -- Programs after the passing of iconoclasm -- Byzantine aesthetic -- Fifth and sixth century mosaics -- Salonica -- Ravenna -- Constantinople: the mosaic pavement in the Great Palace -- Mosaics and frescos in Rome -- The mural paintings at Castelseprio -- Mosaics of the Middle Ages -- Constantiniople: St. Sophia -- The Church of the Nea Moni in Chios -- Daphni, near Eleusis -- The mosaics of Venetia -- Torcello -- Venice: St. Mark's -- The mosaics of Sicily -- Cefalu: the cathedral -- Palermo: the Palatine Chapel -- Constantinople: the Church of Kahrieh Djami -- Frescos in the Balkans and Greece -- Eleventh to fourteenth century -- Churches in Jugoslavia -- Churches at Mistra -- Painting in books -- Icons |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page 194 |
| Subject |
Art, Byzantine.
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Christian art and symbolism.
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Mosaics.
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Mosaics, Byzantine.
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Mural painting and decoration.
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Mural painting and decoration, Byzantine.
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Painting, Byzantine.
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| Author |
Gilbert, Stuart.
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| LC no. |
53011064 |
| ISBN |
0140441069 |
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9780140441062 |
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