Middle Byzantine Architecture and Sculpture
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In the new permanent exhibition in the White Tower about the history of Thessaloniki, on the 1st floor, is presented a composition with reused sculptures (fig.1). Among those is exposed a marble double sided closure slab with geometric... more
Abstract: This paper aims to present seven architectural sculptures (epistyles or cornices, templon piers and relief slabs) preserved on Patmos. They are all dated to the 11th and 12th centuries, are decorated with popular motifs of the... more
Although nothing from the Byzantine church of St. Spyridon is preserved in situ today, the primary sources and surviving photographs of the structure indicate that it was built in the simple domed octagon design. In this article, some new... more
La decorazione in stucco negli edifici mediobizantini non ha goduto di grande fortuna critica o di studi sistematici, come invece è avvenuto per gli stucchi in Occidente (in particolare quelli francesi, italiani, spagnoli e dell'area... more
Traendo spunto dai due frammenti di lastra reimpiegati nel pavimento della chiesa di Sant’Irene a Costantinopoli, sui quali è scolpita una elaborata composizione geometrica siglata dal monogramma di Costantino V Copronimo (741-775), il... more
In this paper attention is drawn to the late reception of two Middle-Byzantine marble icons, both displaying the Virgin Mary, standing with arms forth and raising hands. As regards the Ravenna Madonna, the seventeenth-century tradition... more