Roman Mosaics Reprint of Figures decoratives

Reprint of Figures decoratives

In many ways

From the vantage point of a lifetime's experience

Reprint of the Basil Blackwell Ltd

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Roman Mosaics Reprint of Figures decorativesIn many of the Italian Christian churches in the vicinity of Rome, mosaics were an important aspect of decoration. This full color collection includes some of the finest examples of those mosaics. Filled with scenes taken directly from biblical myth and literature, the book spotlights more than sixty mosaic masterpieces created by Italian craftsmen from the fourth through the thirteenth centuries. A third of the images are from the Old Testament,