- Format
- Inbunden (Hardback)
- Språk
- Engelska
- Antal sidor
- 232
- Utgivningsdatum
- 2016-04-07
- Förlag
- OUP USA
- Illustrationer
- 54 illustrations, 31 in color
- Dimensioner
- 257 x 178 x 18 mm
- Vikt
- Antal komponenter
- 1
- ISBN
- 9780190457624
- 699 g
Saints and Spectacle
Byzantine Mosaics in their Cultural Setting
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Innehållsförteckning
List of Illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One Byzantine Mosaics: Appearance and Character Chapter Two The Lost Mosaics of Constantinople and the Middle Byzantine Program of Church Decoration Chapter Three Urban Culture of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries Chapter Four Feasting the Saints: The Sanctoral Topography of Constantinople Chapter Five Mosaics as a Ritual Art: Byzantine Mosaics at Work Appendices Bibliography Index