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Professor Otto Demus's work on Byzantine art represents one of the
great original contributions to the subject made in this century.
His early studies in the 1930s on the "mosaics of Greece were
followed by his fundamental work on the mosaics of Norman Sicily
after the Second World War, and the later great studies of the
decoration of San Marco in Venice, which remained throughout his
abiding concern. These two volumes make available the papers Otto
Demus published in a variety of periodicals in the course of a long
and highly productive working lifetime. They have been edited and
revised by Dr. Irmgard Hutter, a pupil and friend of the author.
Volume I includes Demus's papers on Byzantine art in general,
including his outstanding "contribution to the study of the
development of Palaeologan art. His interest in the working methods
of the artists is also evident. The volume includes most of his
papers on Byzantine mosaics, mural painting, icons, enamels and
manuscript illumination. Volume II deals with the author's lifelong
interest, the mosaics of the church of San Marco in Venice. The
papers reproduced here cover the history and decoration of this
great monument, including the sculpture. The influence of the San
Marco mosaics and Byzantine art on the art of western Europe is
also covered.
Professor Otto Demus's work on Byzantine art represents one of the
great original contributions to the subject made in this century.
His early studies in the 1930s on the "mosaics of Greece were
followed by his fundamental work on the mosaics of Norman Sicily
after the Second World War, and the later great studies of the
decoration of San Marco in Venice, which remained throughout his
abiding concern. These two volumes make available the papers Otto
Demus published in a variety of periodicals in the course of a long
and highly productive working lifetime. They have been edited and
revised by Dr. Irmgard Hutter, a pupil and friend of the author.
Volume I includes Demus's papers on Byzantine art in general,
including his outstanding "contribution to the study of the
development of Palaeologan art. His interest in the working methods
of the artists is also evident. The volume includes most of his
papers on Byzantine mosaics, mural painting, icons, enamels and
manuscript illumination. Volume II deals with the author's lifelong
interest, the mosaics of the church of San Marco in Venice. The
papers reproduced here cover the history and decoration of this
great monument, including the sculpture. The influence of the San
Marco mosaics and Byzantine art on the art of western Europe is
also covered.
Decorated with the richest, most beautiful mosaics in the world,
the Venetian church of San Marco is quite literally a treasure
house of medieval art. The domes and walls of the church, encrusted
with stone, glass, and gold, have been recognized, over the
centuries, as a glorious historical and artistic record. Peopled
with hundreds and figures--Adam and Eve, Noah and his progeny,
Isaiah, Christ, Mark, of course, and other holy men and women of
Venice--these mosaics create a cosmic panorama. "The Mosaic
Decoration of San Marco, Venice" brings these unrivaled mosaics
into breathtaking focus, combining a descriptive history of their
creation and repair over the ages with close-up photographs
revealing their iconographic detail.
Part 1: Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries. Text Volume: xvi, 496 p., 1
color plate, 74 halftones; Plate Volume: 236 p., 92 color plates,
377 half tones. Part 2: Thirteenth Century. Text Volume: x, 358 p.,
1 color plate, 50 halftones; Plate Volume: xx, 284 p., 78 color
plates, 354 half tones. Four-volume set in slipcase.
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