San Marco, Byzantium, and the myths of Venice
By: edited by Henry Maguire and Robert S. Nelson.
Contributors: Maguire, Henry, 1943-; Nelson, Robert S., 1947-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine symposia and colloquia
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780884023609
Subjects: Basilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy); Art -- Political aspects -- Italy -- Venice; Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Italy -- Venice; Art, Medieval -- Italy -- Venice; Art, Byzantine -- Influence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Henry Maguire and Robert S. Nelson; title: Disiecta membra : Ranieri Zeno, the imitation of Constantinople, the spolia style, and justice at San Marco / Fabio Barry; title: The history of legends and the legends of history : the Pilastri Acritani in Venice / Robert S. Nelson; title: The Aniketos icon and the display of relics in the decoration of San Marco / Henry Maguire; title: Fashioning a facade : the construction of Venetian identity on the exterior of San Marco / Michael Jacoff; title: Cultural hybridity in medieval Venice : reinventing the East at San Marco after the Fourth Crusade / Thomas E.A. Dale; title: Refashioning Byzantium in Venice, ca. 1200-1400 / Holger A. Klein; title: Mosaic matters : questions of manufacturing and mosaicists in the mosaics of San Marco, Venice / Liz James; title: Venice and its doge in the grand design : Andrea Dandolo and the fourteenth-century mosaics of the Baptistery / Debra Pincus.