Sacred Fortress: Byzantine Art and Statecraft in Ravenna

by: von Simson, O.G.

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This book is devoted to three churches in ancient Ravenna that were built during the reign of Emperor Justinian in the decisive period of his administration and, at least in part, at his command. Sant' Appollinare in Classe, Sant' Apollinare Nuovo, and San Vitale, with their architecture and their famous mosaics largely intact, are perhaps the greatest surviving monuments of the early period of Christian art, which not only culminate but ends with them. Otto von Simson emphasizes the complex political, religious, and liturgical themes of the mosaics in these sanctuaries, providing important insights into the Byzantine society of the sixth century. this edition includes forty-eight pages of improved illustrations.

1. Dramatis personae : Justinian, Julianus Argentarius, Maximian
2. San Vitale
3. Sant' Apollinare in Classe
4. Maximian's throne
5. Sant' Apollinare Nuovo
6. East and West in Ravenna

Reprint. Originally published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1948

Subjects:
Bouwkunst
Italy Ravenna
Mosaics Italy Ravenna Themes, motives
Mosaics Themes, motives
Mosaics, Byzantine Italy Ravenna Themes, motives
Mosaics, Byzantine Themes, motives
Mosaïque Italie Ravenne Thèmes, motifs
Mosaïque byzantine Italie Ravenne Thèmes, motifs

Sacred Fortress: Byzantine Art and Statecraft in Ravenna

by: von Simson, O.G.

• ISBN-13: 9780691002767 / 978-0-691-00276-7
• ISBN-03: 0691002762 / 0-691-00276-2
• Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1987

Price: 43,80 EURO

1 copy in stock