Mosaics of Faith
Pennsylvania State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-271-06084-2 (ISBN)
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This monumental work provides a comprehensive analytical history of the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad, and Early Abbasid mosaics in the Holy Land, spanning the second century b.c.e. to the eighth century c.e. Previous general studies of the Holy Land mosaics have focused on specific collections; in Mosaics of Faith, Rina Talgam sets out to demonstrate how mosaic art constructed cultural, religious, and ethnic identities in eras that shaped the visual expressions of three monotheistic religions. Her examination of the mosaics in a pivotal area of the eastern Mediterranean sharpens and refines our understanding of the region’s societies and their ideologies, institutions, and liturgies. Covering almost one thousand years of mosaic production, Mosaics of Faith offers an unprecedented view of the evolution of floor decorations from the Hellenistic to the Roman periods, in the transition from Roman to Early Byzantine art, and in the persistence of Byzantine traditions under Umayyad rule. More than other corpora of ancient mosaics, those from the Holy Land have generated greater awareness of the intricate visual exchanges between paganism, Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, and Islam. Talgam examines the mosaics’ formal qualities in conjunction with the religious and cultural contexts within which they were produced and with which they had a profound, multidimensional dialogue.
Rina Talgam is Associate Professor of Art History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The Mosaics of the Holy Land in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Mosaics in the Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods
Chapter 2: The Mosaics of the Late Roman Period
Part II: The Mosaics of the Holy Land in the Byzantine Period
Introduction
Chapter 3: The Compositional Trends in Floor Mosaics of the Byzantine Period
Chapter 4: The Stylistic Developments of Byzantine Mosaics
Chapter 5: The Church as the Heir of the Tabernacle and Solomon’s Temple
Chapter 6: The Synagogue as a “Lesser Temple”
Chapter 7: Samaritan Self-Determination
Chapter 8: The Mosaics in Secular Buildings
Part III: Mosaics of the Holy Land from the Muslim Conquest to the End of the Eighth Century
Introduction
Chapter 9: Church Mosaics
Chapter 10: Synagogue Mosaics
Chapter 11: Mosaics Under Muslim Patronage
Chapter 12: The Defacement of Images
Summary
List of Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 29.7.2014 |
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Zusatzinfo | 360 Halftones, color; 144 Halftones, black and white |
Verlagsort | University Park |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 229 x 279 mm |
Gewicht | 2563 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-271-06084-0 / 0271060840 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-271-06084-2 / 9780271060842 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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