Slide 1Mosaics Slide 2 Mosaics are… the art of creating images with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material. It may be a technique of decorative art, an…

Basilica San Marco Interior Everywhere there are marble columns, sculptures of sacred personages, and 4000 square meters of mosaics all unified according to a complex iconographical…

The Study of Elites in Late Antiquity Peter Brown Arethusa, Volume 33, Number 3, Fall 2000, pp. 321-346 (Article) Published by The Johns Hopkins University Press DOI: 10.1353/are.2000.0017…

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1. Original slide and elaboration byAntonio Florino 2. OUTSIDE - The facade of polychrome marble has a rich sculptural decoration. The lower, open from three portals with…

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