Mosaic Decoration of San Marco, Venice

Name: Mosaic Decoration of San Marco, Venice
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ISBN: 9780226142920

ISBN-10: 0226142922

ISBN-13: 9780226142920

Edition: 1988

Authors: Otto Demus, Herbert L. Kessler

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Decorated with the richest, most beautiful mosaics in the world, the Venetian church of San Marco is quite literally a treasure house of medieval art. The domes and walls of the church, encrusted with stone, glass, and gold, have been recognized, over the centuries, as a glorious historical and artistic record. Peopled with hundreds and figures—Adam and Eve, Noah and his progeny, Isaiah, Christ, Mark, of course, and other holy men and women of Venice—these mosaics create a cosmic panorama. The Mosaic Decoration of San Marco, Venice brings these unrivaled mosaics into breathtaking focus, combining a descriptive history of their creation and repair over the ages with close-up photographs…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 11/16/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 278
Size: 9.25" wide x 12.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English



List of Illustration


Preface



History and Critical Survey of the Building and Its Mosaics



Main Porch



Main Apse and Apse of the Cappella Zen



First Phase of the East Dome



Choir Chapels



North Dome



South Vault



South Dome and Single Figures of Saints



Miracles of Christ



Life of the Virgin and Infancy of Christ



West Dome



Second Phase of the East Dome



Central Dome



West Vault



Lives of the Apostles



Program and Decorative System



Thirteenth-Century Mosaics of the Interior



The Mosaics of the Atrium: Setting and Subject Matter



The Genesis Mosaics and the Cotton Genesis Minatures



The Mosaics of the Atrium: Composition, Iconography, and Style



Mosaics in the Vault of the Cappella Zen



Facade Mosaics



Development of Mosaic Art in



Index Color Plates