Byzantine painting : historical and critical study / by André Grabar, translated by Stuart Gilbert
1953, Edition Unstated. Geneva : Skira. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper in protective tape. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #438782
Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical description; 200 pages : mounted color illustrations, map ; 28 cm. Notes; Translation of: Peinture byzantine. Includes bibliographical references (page 194). This translation originally published : Genève : Skira, 1953. - Translation of : La peinture byzantine. Genève : Skira, 1953.
Contents; Introduction. Byzantine art : its significance and scope ; Programs before iconoclasm ; Programs after the passing of iconoclasm ; Byzantine aesthetic -- Critical study. Fifth and sixth century mosaics: Salonica, Ravenna, Constantinople : the mosaic pavement in the Great Palace ; Mosaics and frescos in Rome ; The mural paintings at Castelseprio ; Mosaics of the Middle Ages: Constantiniople : St. Sophia, The Church of the Nea Moni in Chios, Daphni, near Eleusis ; The mosaics of Venetia: Torcello, Venice : St. Mark's ; The mosaics of Sicily: Cefalu : the cathedral, Palermo : the Palatine Chapel ; Constantinople : the Church of Kahrieh Djami ; Frescos in the Balkans and Greece: Eleventh to fourteenth century, Churches in Jugoslavia, Churches at Mistra ; Painting in books ; Icons. Subjects; Painting, Byzantine. Mosaics, Byzantine. Christian art and symbolism. Mural painting and decoration, Byzantine. Mosaics. Mural painting and decoration.
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