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During the 10th and 11th centuries, major Byzantine buildings were enriched by colourful ceramic tiles decorated with a range of figural and ornamental patterns. This title contains a catalogue of all known tiles and a series of essays on the place of ceramics in the study of Byzantine art.

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“This comprehensive and wide-ranging book revises our whole conception of polychrome revetment tiles by raising them above the level of artifacts of material culture to their proper context among the luxury arts of Byzantium. It promises to become a standard work on ornament and its role in architecture.”

—Cecil L. Striker,University of Pennsylvania


“This exciting material in this fine new publication comprises the ceramic tiles that once adorned Byzantine structures in Constantinople in a restricted period of history, that is, roughly between the ninth and the mid-twelfth centuries.”

—Nancy P. Sevcenko Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies

A Lost Art Rediscovered The Architectural

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    A Paperback / softback by Sharon E. J. Gerstel, Julie Lauffenburger

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      Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/10/2001
      ISBN13: 9780271021393, 978-0271021393
      ISBN10: 027102139X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      During the 10th and 11th centuries, major Byzantine buildings were enriched by colourful ceramic tiles decorated with a range of figural and ornamental patterns. This title contains a catalogue of all known tiles and a series of essays on the place of ceramics in the study of Byzantine art.

      Trade Review

      “This comprehensive and wide-ranging book revises our whole conception of polychrome revetment tiles by raising them above the level of artifacts of material culture to their proper context among the luxury arts of Byzantium. It promises to become a standard work on ornament and its role in architecture.”

      —Cecil L. Striker,University of Pennsylvania


      “This exciting material in this fine new publication comprises the ceramic tiles that once adorned Byzantine structures in Constantinople in a restricted period of history, that is, roughly between the ninth and the mid-twelfth centuries.”

      —Nancy P. Sevcenko Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies

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