Main entry:

Simson, Otto von, 1912-1993.

Title & Author:

Sacred fortress : Byzantine art and statecraft in Ravenna / by Otto G. von Simson.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1987.

Description:

xv, 149 pages, 48 pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Reprint. Originally published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1948.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-144) and index.
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.

Summary:

"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."--Cover.

ISBN:

0691040389 (alk. paper)
9780691040387 (alk. paper)
0691002762 (pbk.)
9780691002767 (pbk.)

Subject:

Mosaics, Byzantine Italy Ravenna Themes, motives.
Mosaics Italy Ravenna Themes, motives.
Mosaïque byzantine Italie Ravenne Thèmes, motifs.
Mosaïque Italie Ravenne Thèmes, motifs.
Mosaics, Byzantine Themes, motives
Mosaics Themes, motives
Kunst
Bouwkunst.
Art, Byzantine Italy Ravenna.
Church architecture Italy Ravenna.
Italy Ravenna
Byzantinisches Reich
Ravenna
Ravenna (Italy) History 540-726.
Ravenna (Exarchate)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 91434
Call No.: ID:86-B18058
Status: Available