Mosaics in the Medieval World
From Late Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 5 October 2017
- ISBN 9781107011984
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages650 pages
- Size 288x223x32 mm
- Weight 2040 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 167 b/w illus. 161 colour illus. 12 maps 1 table 110
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Short description:
In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages.
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In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages. Taking into account a wide range of issues, including style and iconography, technique and material, and function and patronage, she examines mosaics within their historical context. She asks why the mosaic was such a popular medium and considers how mosaics work as historical 'documents' that tell us about attitudes and beliefs in the medieval world. The book is divided into two part. Part I explores the technical aspects of mosaics, including glass production, labour and materials, and costs. In Part II, James provides a chronological history of mosaics, charting the low and high points of mosaic art up until its abrupt end in the late middle ages. Written in a clear and engaging style, her book will serve as an essential resource for scholars and students of medieval mosaics.
'This fabulous book is a great achievement. The 166 splendid color illustrations (many previously unpublished) alone would make the volume of great value, but James (Univ. of Sussex, UK) also provides a rich scholarly apparatus of footnotes and bibliography and a fine list of all extant mosaics, arranged by period and country. Written with panache, the book wears its erudition lightly and is accessible to a wide readership. Essential.' L. Nees, Choice
Table of Contents:
Part I. Making Wall Mosaics: Introduction to Part I; 1. Making glass tesserae; 2. Making mosaics; 3. The business of mosaics; 4. The value of mosaics; Part II. Mosaics by Century: Introduction to Part II; 5. In the beginning: wall mosaics in the fourth century; 6. Types or prototypes? Mosaics in the fifth century; 7. Emperors, kings, popes and bishops: mosaics in the sixth century; 8. New beginnings? Islam, Byzantium and Rome: mosaics in the seventh and eighth centuries; 9. Medium and message: ninth- and tenth-century mosaics; 10. A universal language? Eleventh-century mosaics; 11. Incorrigibly plural: mosaics in the twelfth century; 12. Men and mosaics: the thirteenth century; 13. Boom and bust: mosaics in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; Conclusion; Appendix of sites; Bibliography.
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