Main entry:

Demus, Otto.

Title & Author:

Byzantine mosaic decoration; aspects of monumental art in Byzantium.

Publication:

London, Paul, Trench, Trubner [1948]

Description:

xiii, 97 pages 64 plates 26 cm

Notes:
Bibliography included in "Notes" (p. 87-94)
The classical system of Middle Byzantine church decoration -- Introduction -- The theory of the icon -- Architectural and technical conditions -- The icon in space -- The ideal iconographic scheme of the cross-in-square church -- The three zones -- Cupolas and apses -- The festival cycle -- The choir of saints -- Formal unity -- Space -- Light -- Colour -- Modelling technique -- History of the Middle Byzantine system -- Its sources -- Its development -- Its dissolution -- The fresco -- Basilican plans -- Provincial influences -- The provinces -- Sicily: the twelfth century -- Venice: the thirteenth century -- The imprint of the system on later art -- The re-emergence of pictorial space -- The spatial niche -- Physical space and flat composition -- Spatial compositions in flat projection -- The Ascension -- The Pentecost -- Conclusion.

ISBN:

0892410183
9780892410187

Subject:

Mosaics.
Art, Byzantine.
Christian art and symbolism.
Mosaïque.
Art byzantin.
Mosaik
Byzanz

Holdings:

Location: Library main 143642
Call No.: W7089; ID:85-B27003
Status: Available