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Item Number: 144883
Title: Mosaics in the Medieval World : From Late Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century
Author: James, Liz
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781107011984
Description: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 28cm., hardcover, 625pp., 161 color, 167 b&w illus.

Summary: In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages. Taking into account a wide range of issues, including style and iconography, technique and material, and function and patronage, she examines mosaics within their historical context. She asks why the mosaic was such a popular medium and considers how mosaics work as historical 'documents' that tell us about attitudes and beliefs in the medieval world. The book is divided into two part. Part I explores the technical aspects of mosaics, including glass production, labour and materials, and costs. In Part II, James provides a chronological history of mosaics, charting the low and high points of mosaic art up until its abrupt end in the late middle ages. Written in a clear and engaging style, her book will serve as an essential resource for scholars and students of medieval mosaics.

Contents: 1. Making glass tesserae. 2. Making mosaics. 3. The business of mosaics. 4. The value of mosaics. 5. In the beginning: wall mosaics in the fourth century. 6. Types or prototypes Mosaics in the fifth century. 7. Emperors, kings, popes and bishops: mosaics in the sixth century. 8. New beginnings? Islam, Byzantium and Rome: mosaics in the seventh and eighth centuries. 9. Medium and message: ninth- and tenth-century mosaics. 10. A universal language? Eleventh-century mosaics. 11. Incorrigibly plural: mosaics in the twelfth century. 12. Men and mosaics: the thirteenth century. 13. Boom and bust: mosaics in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Appendix of sites.

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