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The analysis of the meaning of the mosaics is masterly - a stimulating book, full of challenging and convincing ideas, very well documented, lavishly illustrated, and beautifully produced. BURLINGTON MAGAZINE The twelfth-century mosaics made for the Norman kings of Sicily at Cefalù, Palermo and Monreale were unique in scale and magnificence as well as arrangement. This book examines their meaning with over 120 illustrations, including dozens of hitherto unavailable general views plus ground plans, elevations and details especially made for this volume. The text focuses on the significance of the unconventional arrangement of the imagery, and the programmes with their many-layered meanings emerge as comprehensive, beautifully co-ordinated schemes which were original Norman inventions rather than provincial derivatives of Rome and Byzantium as they have sometimes been interpreted.EVE BORSOOK is an American art historian; she lives in Florence, and has just completed a new edition of her Companion Guide to Florence.
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Pb: An evocative reminder for anyone who has stood in awe of these masterpieces. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (RALEIGH TREVELYAN) Une etude tres originale d'un aspect qui a echappe jusqu'ici aux specialistes. GAZETTE DES BEAUX-ARTS The analysis of the meaning of the mosaics is masterly... This is a stimulating book, full of challenging and on the whole convincing ideas, very well documented, lavishly illustrated and beautifully produced. BURLINGTON MAGAZINE (GEORGE ZARNECKI) Handbook to three of the greatest cycles of medieval mosaic... consistently thought-provoking. APOLLO A beautiful book which offers a serious study on an important aspect of the art of medieval Sicily. MEDITERRANEAN HISTORICAL REVIEW
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- PublisherBoydell & Brewer Inc
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 085115591X
- ISBN 13 9780851155913
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages112
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Messages In Mosaic: The Royal Programmes Of Norman Sicily 1130-1187
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Softcover. Condition: New/Sealed In Publishers Wrap. black wraps w/ pictorial cover & white printing. book xxiv, 112 pgs w/ section of 188 bw plates. An examination of the 12th Century mosaics made for the Norman kings of Sicily, at the locations of Cefalu, Palermo and Monreale. Seller Inventory # 180104
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