Mosaics of Ravenna (Jutta Dresken-Weiland)

The mosaics of Ravenna are rated among the world's most important art works. Their quality and blaze of colour have intrigued believers and visitors since their making between the fifth and the seventh century. This book investigates the issue of the meaning of this imagery, its peculiarities, and the messages conveyed to the viewers through the centuries. It explores the function of the mosaics in the different buildings, and their interpretations in the relevant liturgical context by people living in late Antiquity. Several comparative examples integrate the mosaics in the frame of late Roman art. Due to the great interest in this volume, it is republished here with minor changes.

Prof. Dr Jutta Dresken-Weiland is an adjunct professor of Christian Archaeology and Byzantine Art History at the Georg-August University of Göttingen; with a large number of publications to her name, she is a recognised expert in the field of early Christian art.

Buch (Hardcover), Deutsch, 320 Seiten