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Church decoration and ornament --- Mosaïque médiévale --- Mosaïque médiévale

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The text explores the iconographic and stylistic sources of the Greek mosaicists, as well as the departures from Byzantine norms, and the relationship of the decoration to contemporary work in the royal foundations. Also included is a chapter on the architecture of the church by Slobodan Çurciç.

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Mosaics, Medieval --- Baptisteries --- Christian art and symbolism --- Mosaïque médiévale --- Baptistères --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Byzantine influences --- Conservation and restoration --- Influence byzantine --- Conservation et restauration --- Battistero di San Giovanni (Florence, Italy) --- Florence (Italy) --- Florence (Italie) --- Buildings, structures, etc --- Constructions --- Mosaïque médiévale --- Baptistères --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens

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One of the most important cities in the Mediterranean, Ravenna still boasts a series of monuments that have been exceptionally well-preserved, and very often still have their original decorations, mosaics in particular. The great historian Arnaldo Momigliano was right when he said, "When I want to understand Italian history, I catch a train and go to Ravenna". Indeed, with its capacity for selfpreservation, the city is an outstanding example of town planning. It is still burdened, however, by common places or stereotype-like formulae that have survived until today as the "Byzantium of Italy". This is a common, simplified definition that does not grasp the uniqueness and grandeur of the extraordinary "Roman" city of Honorius and Galla Placidia that experienced an important Byzantine period after Theodoric. For years there has been a vertiginous multiplication of specialised studies albeit lacking in works that offered a general overview whilst effectively explaining its main features. A combination of scientific rigour and clarity, this publication outlines the history and town planning of the city from its distant Etruscan origins up to the battle that in 1512 changed its destiny once and for all, when it became part of the pontifical dominion. The whole series of the lavish buildings that were constructed in late ancient times and their decorations (San Giovanni Evangelista, Santa Croce, the Arian cathedral of Santo Spirito, San Apollinare Nuovo, San Vitale and San Francesco), is studied here from a critical, but updated profile and set in the historical context that generated it and in the complex urban situation, that was originally a perfect balance between land and water but then became increasingly precarious. Countless new facts emerged as did much material that was little known or is published here for the first time. With this in mind, there was also a unique opportunity: the possibility to carry out a totally new photograph campaign, which was made possible together with the author thanks to the collaboration of the Archaeological Superintendency of Emilia Romagna, the Superintendency for Architectural and Landscape Heritage of Ravenna, and the Cultural Heritage Office of the Archiepiscopal Curia. What emerged is a Ravenna that is in many ways new, or at least radically renewed, with many surprises for even the most expert scholars.

Art --- Architecture, Italian --- Mosaics, Italian --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Architecture italienne --- Mosaïque italienne --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Ravenna (Italy) --- Ravenne (Italie) --- Antiquities. --- Antiquités --- Basiliques --- Mausolées --- Sarcophages --- Mosaïque paléochrétienne --- Mosaïque médiévale --- Histoire --- Photographies --- 7.033.1 --- Vroegchristelijke kunst --- 7.033.1 Vroegchristelijke kunst --- Mosaïque italienne --- Fouilles (Archéologie) --- Antiquités --- Italy --- Mosaics --- Mosaics [Byzantine ] --- Monuments --- Histoire. --- Photographies.

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This book illustrates the production of mosaic glass and the laying technique of wall mosaic tesserae in Late Antique and Early Medieval times, focusing in particular on the case of Milan.The production of mosaic glass and the laying technique of wall mosaic tesserae in Late Antique and Early Medieval times is the subject of this book, focusing in particular on the case of Milan.The first part examines the production process of glass mosaics, in order to reconstruct the commercial and cultural exchanges of the period being studied. Different tools (ethnoarchaeology, technical recipes, archaeometric analyses, archaeological remains, economic sources, quantitative estimates, restoration reports) are used to track the indicators of a workshop producing coloured and gold-leaf mosaic glass-cake, to identify the markers of mosaic glass history and technology, and to detect the material outcome of the actions performed by the mosaicist. The second part investigates the specific issues of the case of Milan, for which a contradictory literature exists, in terms of chronology and cultural framework of the mosaic art. In particular, it reviews the hypotheses relating to a specific glass production workshop and a school of mosaicists. The archaeological remains, literary sources, iconographic evidence, and archaeometric analyses, despite their difficult interpretation, allow the identification of three stages of diffusion of the mosaic art in Milan: the late Imperial age, the age of the Goths, and the final centuries of the Early Middle Ages. Four significant cases are analysed: the Imperial mausoleum of St. Victor ad Corpus (4th century), the Basilica of St. Lawrence (early 5th century), the baptistery of St. John ad Fontes (end 5th-6th century) and the Basilica of St. Ambrose (5th-6th and 10th centuries). This research contributes to several open questions: the technology of glass and gold in a period of technological transition, the mural decoration of Milanese buildings, the choices made by the customers who financed the buildings, the investment required, the social and commercial relations established in order to carry out the works. La produzione e la messa in opera delle tessere musive in epoca tardoantica e altomedievale sono indagate, studiando in particolare il caso di Milano. Etnoarcheologia, ricettari, analisi archeometriche, resti archeologici, fonti economiche, stime quantitative, documentazione di restauro sono utilizzate per rintracciare gli indicatori di un atelier che produce piastre musive colorate e a foglia d’oro, i marker di cronologia, provenienza e tecnologia ottenibili dalle analisi chimiche sul vetro musivo e l’esito materiale dei gesti eseguiti da chi mette in opera rintracciabili sui frammenti ritrovati in scavo archeologico. Nella seconda parte viene riconsiderata criticamente l’ipotesi dell’esistenza di una bottega milanese per la realizzazione di materiali musivi e di una scuola che le metta in opera. A fronte di una bibliografia contraddittoria sulla datazione e l’origine culturale di queste competenze, vengono valutati i resti archeologici di decorazioni musive parietali e vengono caratterizzati con analisi archeometriche. La distribuzione dell’arte musiva e gli apporti commerciali e culturali che hanno comportato la realizzazione dei mosaici sono così meglio definiti. La ricerca contribuisce alla tecnologia del vetro e dell’oro, all’organizzazione della produzione del vetro musivo, allo studio delle tecniche di messa in opera a partire dai frammenti, alla decorazione parietale dei monumenti milanesi, alle scelte e alle relazioni dei committenti che hanno finanziato gli edifici.

Mosaics, Early Christian. --- Mosaics, Byzantine. --- Mosaics, Medieval. --- Mosaics --- Glassware. --- Mosaics, Early Christian --- Mosaics, Byzantine --- Mosaics, Medieval --- Glassware --- Mosaïque paléochrétienne --- Mosaïque byzantine --- Mosaïque médiévale --- Mosaïque --- Verrerie --- Technique. --- Technique --- Mosaïque paléochrétienne --- Mosaïque byzantine --- Mosaïque médiévale --- Mosaïque --- Italy --- Milan (Italy)