Description

Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. No notes or highlighting. 1958 edition. Dustcover a bit worn damaged but the pages and plates are excellent.See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> In this volume the mosaics of St Mark’s which for many centuries have attracted visitors to Venice are reproduced in their colourful splen- dour for the delight of all who are interested in medieval art and Italian architecture. Forty-four full colour plates depict in detail the main themes of the mosaics the Old Testament stories of the Creation. of Moses aad of the Flood and the New Testament scenes from the lives of Christ of the Madonna and of the Saints. The sensitive beauty of these reproduc- tions reflects the great intensity of religious feeling permeating the mosaics and reveals the mysterious pathos which is expressed through them. In a scholarly text illustrated by twenty-eight monochrome plates Pietro Toesca and Ferdinando Forlati relate the mosaics to the architecture of the basilica and to their historical background. They have made a serious contribution to art criticism of value to all students and connois- seurs which provides a fitting accom- paniment to the remarkable beauty of the plates. (OS)