The Mosaic Decoration of San Marco, Venice
University of Chicago Press, 1988
Cloth: 978-0-226-14291-3 | Paper: 978-0-226-14292-0
Library of Congress Classification NA3788.D45 1988
Dewey Decimal Classification 726.527094531
Cloth: 978-0-226-14291-3 | Paper: 978-0-226-14292-0
Library of Congress Classification NA3788.D45 1988
Dewey Decimal Classification 726.527094531
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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 revealing their iconographic detail.
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