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Cover: The Mosaics of St. Mary’s of the Admiral in Palermo: With a Chapter on the Architecture of the Church by Slobodan Ćurčić, from Harvard University PressCover: The Mosaics of St. Mary’s of the Admiral in Palermo in HARDCOVER

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The Mosaics of St. Mary’s of the Admiral in Palermo

With a Chapter on the Architecture of the Church by Slobodan Ćurčić

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HARDCOVER

$85.00 • £68.95 • €76.50

ISBN 9780884021797

Publication Date: 01/01/1991

Short

484 pages

8-1/2 x 11 inches

246 black and white

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The text explores the iconographic and stylistic sources of the Greek mosaicists, as well as the departures from Byzantine norms, and the relationship of the decoration to contemporary work in the royal foundations. Also included is a chapter on the architecture of the church by Slobodan Ćurčić.

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