Emerging Iconographies of Medieval Rome - A Laboratory of Images in the Eighth and Ninth Centuries

This study focuses on four different iconographical forms that appeared in Rome during the eighth and ninth centuries. The author analyzes the experimentation and innovation of Christian iconographies and the artistic vibrancy of early medieval Rome before it became divided between East and West.

List of contents

Chapter One: The Anastasis

Chapter Two: The Transfiguration

Chapter Three: The Maria Regina

Chapter Four: The Sickness of Hezekiah and its Ensemble

Chapter Five: Contexts and Continuities

About the author

Annie Montgomery Labatt is associate professor of visual arts and director of the galleries at Sweet Briar College.

Summary

This study focuses on four different iconographical forms that appeared in Rome during the eighth and ninth centuries. The author analyzes the experimentation and innovation of Christian iconographies and the artistic vibrancy of early medieval Rome before it became divided between East and West.

Product details

• Authors: Annie Montgomery Labatt
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781498571173
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7117-3
• No. of pages: 378
• Series: Byzantium: A European Empire a; Byzantium: A European Empire and Its Legacy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; European History, Rome, Italy, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Medieval style, 9th century, c 800 to c 899, 8th century, c 700 to c 799, ART / History / European / Medieval