Mosaics of Faith – Floors of Pagans, Jews, Samaritans, Christians, and Muslims in the Holy Land

NOTE LIBRAIO

In Mosaics of Faith, Rina Talgam sets outto fill this gap by demonstrating how<br />mosaic art constructscultural, religious, and ethnic identities in a multiculturalsociety in eras that<br />shaped the visual expressions of threemonotheistic religions. An examination of the mosaics ina<br />pivotal region of the eastern Mediterranean sharpensand refines our understanding of societies,<br />their ideologies,institutions, and liturgies. Covering almost one thousandyears of mosaic<br />production in the area, Mosaics of Faithoffers an unprecedented view into the evolution of<br />floordecorations from the Hellenistic to the Roman periods, inthe transition from Roman to Early<br />Byzantine art, and inthe persistence of Byzantine traditions under Umayyadrule. More than any<br />other corpora of ancient mosaics, thosefrom the Holy Land have generated greater awareness<br />ofthe intricate visual dialogues between paganism, Judaism,Samaritanism, Christianity, and<br />Islam. Talgam examines themosaics’ formal qualities in conjunction with the religiousand<br />cultural contexts within which they were produced andwith which they had a profound,<br />multidimensional dialogue.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780271060842
• Dimensioni: 290 x 39 x 239 mm Ø 2552 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 600