The article focuses on the complex interaction between gold and light in the very specific medium of mosaic in Late Antiquity and Byzantium. Studying the metaphoric qualities of light/gold and its qualitative distinctions in early Christian and Byzantine sources leads us to an understanding of the complex function of gold or golden tesserae in script and images. As gold is understood as light, mosaic seems to be a more or less perfect medium as it is not stable, but dependent on the changing light. The gold ground is transformed in every moment by light. Mosaic can thus be understood as the medium with the greatest capacity to bridge virtually the gap between the visible and the invisible divine light
Medieval times were neither dark nor grey; natural light illuminated colourful scenes depicted in pa...
The aesthetics of early Christian and Byzantine art offer an area of insight into attitudes both to ...
International audienceThis paper deals with the symbolism of gold in Byzantium through the study of ...
The article focuses on the complex interaction between gold and light in the very specific medium of...
The abundance of gilding is considered to be a particularly characteristic feature of Byzantine art....
International audienceTo gauge the aesthetic value of mosaics, we need to understand the artistic me...
In diesem Beitrag wird ein neu entdecktes Goldglas aus der jüdischen Katakombe unter der Villa Torlo...
Niniejsza praca porusza dwa aspekty stosowania złota w sakralnym malarstwie bizantyńskim. Jeden z ni...
The article is dedicated to the concept of divine light, which has always been a matter of particula...
Thesis titled Gold in Culture deals with the phenomenon of gold as a part of the human cul ture. It ...
From the conversion of the emperor Constantine in the early fourth century, vast sums of money were ...
[EN] In Byzantine Art, the light, image and symbol of the divine, condenses a long heritage of diver...
The gold of the sacred realm from which the stately figure of Christ emerges in Roman mosaics, the g...
Abstract. Medieval times were neither dark nor grey; natural light illuminated colourful scenes depi...
The earliest decorated mosaics in the Greco-Roman world were made in Greece in the late 5th century ...
Medieval times were neither dark nor grey; natural light illuminated colourful scenes depicted in pa...
The aesthetics of early Christian and Byzantine art offer an area of insight into attitudes both to ...
International audienceThis paper deals with the symbolism of gold in Byzantium through the study of ...
The article focuses on the complex interaction between gold and light in the very specific medium of...
The abundance of gilding is considered to be a particularly characteristic feature of Byzantine art....
International audienceTo gauge the aesthetic value of mosaics, we need to understand the artistic me...
In diesem Beitrag wird ein neu entdecktes Goldglas aus der jüdischen Katakombe unter der Villa Torlo...
Niniejsza praca porusza dwa aspekty stosowania złota w sakralnym malarstwie bizantyńskim. Jeden z ni...
The article is dedicated to the concept of divine light, which has always been a matter of particula...
Thesis titled Gold in Culture deals with the phenomenon of gold as a part of the human cul ture. It ...
From the conversion of the emperor Constantine in the early fourth century, vast sums of money were ...
[EN] In Byzantine Art, the light, image and symbol of the divine, condenses a long heritage of diver...
The gold of the sacred realm from which the stately figure of Christ emerges in Roman mosaics, the g...
Abstract. Medieval times were neither dark nor grey; natural light illuminated colourful scenes depi...
The earliest decorated mosaics in the Greco-Roman world were made in Greece in the late 5th century ...
Medieval times were neither dark nor grey; natural light illuminated colourful scenes depicted in pa...
The aesthetics of early Christian and Byzantine art offer an area of insight into attitudes both to ...
International audienceThis paper deals with the symbolism of gold in Byzantium through the study of ...