Mosaics in the medieval world : from late antiquity to the fifteenth century / Liz James, University of Sussex.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: xxviii, 623 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781107011984
- 1107011981
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 738.52 J27 | Available | 33111009149192 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages. Taking into account a wide range of issues, including style and iconography, technique and material, and function and patronage, she examines mosaics within their historical context. She asks why the mosaic was such a popular medium and considers how mosaics work as historical 'documents' that tell us about attitudes and beliefs in the medieval world. The book is divided into two part. Part I explores the technical aspects of mosaics, including glass production, labour and materials, and costs. In Part II, James provides a chronological history of mosaics, charting the low and high points of mosaic art up until its abrupt end in the late middle ages. Written in a clear and engaging style, her book will serve as an essential resource for scholars and students of medieval mosaics.
"In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages. Taking into account a wide range of issues, including style and iconography, technique and material, function and patronage, she examines mosaics within their historical context. She asks why the mosaic was such a popular medium and considers how mosaics work as historical 'documents' that tell us about attitudes and beliefs in the medieval world. The book is divided into two sections. Part I explores the technical aspects of mosaics, including glass production, labour and materials, and costs. In Part II, James provides a chronological history of mosaics, charting the low and high points of mosaic art up until its abrupt end in the late Middle Ages. Written in a clear and engaging style, her book will serve as an essential resource for scholars and students of medieval mosaics." -- Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Making wall mosaics. Making glass tesserae ; Making mosaics ; The business of mosaics ; The value of mosaics -- Mosaics by century. In the beginning : wall mosaics in the fourth century ; Types or prototypes? : mosaics in the fifth century ; Emperors, kings, popes and bishops : mosaics in the sixth century ; New beginnings? : Islam, Byzantium and Rome : the seventh and eighth centuries ; Medium and message : mosaics in the ninth and tenth centuries ; A universal language? : eleventh-century mosaics ; Incorrigibly plural : mosaics in the twelfth century ; Men and mosaics : the thirteenth century ; Boom and bust : the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.