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 produce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thunø, Erik (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	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. HISTORY / Europe / General.

Table of Contents:

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 communion sanctorum
Afterword: meaning and presence
Appendix.