The apse mosaic in early medieval Rome : time, network, and repetition /

"This book focuses on apse mosaics in Rome, which were commissioned by a series of popes between the sixth and ninth centuries CE. Through a synchronic approach that challenges current conceptions about how works of art interact with historical time, Erik Thunø proposes that the apse mosaics pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thunø, Erik (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Temas:
To 1500
Mosaics, Medieval > Italy > Rome.
Apses (Architecture) > Italy > Rome.
Christian art and symbolism > Italy > Rome > Medieval, 500-1500.
Symbolism in architecture > Italy > Rome > History > To 1500.
Mosaïque médiévale > Italie > Rome.
Absides > Italie > Rome.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
ART > Ceramics.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES > Pottery & Ceramics.
Apses (Architecture)
Christian art and symbolism > Medieval
Mosaics, Medieval
Symbolism in architecture
Kirchenbau
Apsis
Mosaik
Italy > Rome
Rom
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Dedication; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One Repetition; 1.1. Figures and Inscriptions; A Repetitive Formula; Earlier Apse Mosaics; Later Apse Mosaics; Outside Rome; 1.2. Apse Mosaics and Relics; Building for Saints; Golden Letters and Dazzling Interiors; Other Early Medieval Apse Mosaics; Multiplying the Saints; Conclusion: Beyond Time?; Chapter Two Transformation; 2.1. "Citizens with the Saints"; Paradise in Mosaic; Gazing at the Saints; A Heavenly Society
  • Ecclesia Romana and Christ the Cornerstone2.2. Between Present and Future; Elders and Creatures; Apocalyptic Ecclesiology; Narrative and Iconic; 2.3. Visualizing Christ; Shifting Guises; Cornerstone in Text and Building; Christ in the Clouds: A Second Coming?; Light and Resurrection; "Church Clad in a Cloud of Flesh"; 2.4. Word Made Present; Apse Mosaics and Theophanies; Pope as Creator of Light; Visual Script; Conclusion; Chapter Three Incorporation; 3.1. Imagery and Ritual; Heavenly and Earthly Liturgies; Visual Interactions with the Ritual; Christ as Mediator; 3.2. Prayer and Seeing
  • "Towards the East"Apse Mosaic as Compass; Vision and Image; God's Ocular Embrace; 3.3. Christ, Saints, and the Altar; Cornerstone and Sacrifice; Intercession; Pope as Bridge to Salvation; Saints in the Liturgy; Relics and Altar; 3.4. House of Living Stones; Mosaic as Material Metaphor; Excursus: S. Prassede and the Heavenly Jerusalem; Conclusion; Chapter Four Networking; 4.1. Martyrs and Inscriptions under Pope Damasus (366-384); The Damasian Epigrams and the Collective Body of Martyrs; Relics and History; Letters for the Unlettered; 4.2. Uniting the Living with the Dead
  • From Cemetery to ChurchDiversifying the Body; 4.3. Out of Time; Invasion of God's Time; Repetition and Copy; Conclusion; Afterword; Appendix; Notes; Introduction; 1. Repetition: Saints, Popes, and Golden Texts; 2. Transformation: From Material Church to Spiritual Body; 3. Incorporation: Becoming a Living Stone; 4. Networking: Building a Communio Sanctorum; Afterword: Meaning and Presence; Bibliography; Index; Plates

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