La narration dans l’espace de la coupole : une rencontre compliquee ? Autour des mosaiques du baptistere de San Giovanni in Fonte a Naples (fin IVe-debut Ve siecle)
| Title in English | Narration in dome spaces: a complicated dialogue? |
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Etudes de lettres: Entre terre et ciel. Les edifices a coupole et leur decor entre l’Antiquite tardive et le haut Moyen Age |
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| Web | https://journals.openedition.org/edl/1139 |
| Keywords | early christian art- domes decoration - narration - mosaics |
| Description | Merging built space with the cosmic realm, the dome emerges as a highly meaningful element in Late Antique and Early Medieval art. Sign of distinguished commission, the dome adorns important buildings (mausolea, martyria and memoria, baptisteries, imperial churches, and palatine chapels), providing a space where major architectural and decorative challenges were solved. The complexity of the problems they pose – structural, decorative, and ritual –, along with their use for spaces with various functions hindered the study of domed buildings as a group. In the past fifteen years, nevertheless, important studies enriched our knowledge of some of these buildings, and invite an attempt to propose a synoptic approach. The present anthology analyses the main Late Antique and Early Medieval domed buildings from a variety of perspectives, proposing new considerations regarding their structure, decoration, and functions. |