Apse Mosaic in Early Medieval Rome - Time, Network, and Repetition

This book focuses on apse mosaics in Rome commissioned by popes between the sixth and ninth centuries CE. Erik Thuno situates the apse mosaics within the context of viewership, the cult of relics, epigraphic tradition, and church ritual while engaging topics concerned with time, intercession, materiality, repetition, and vision.

Sommario

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.

Info autore

Erik Thunø is Associate Professor of Medieval Art at Rutgers University. He is the author of numerous articles on medieval art and his book Image and Relic: Mediating the Sacred in Early Medieval Rome was published in 2002. He has been awarded fellowships by the Clark Art Institute, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max Planck Institute for Art History) in Rome.

Riassunto

This book focuses on apse mosaics in Rome commissioned by popes between the sixth and ninth centuries CE. Erik Thunø situates the apse mosaics within the context of viewership, the cult of relics, epigraphic tradition, and church ritual while engaging topics concerned with time, intercession, materiality, repetition, and vision.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Erik Thuno, Erik Thunø
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 20.04.2015
• EAN: 9781107069909
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06990-9
• Pagine: 358
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Medieval style, Religious and ceremonial art