I mosaici paleocristiani di Santa Maria Maggiore negli acquarelli della Collezione Wilpert (Monumenti di Antichità Cristiana 14) - a cura di Aldo NESTORI e Fabrizio BISCONTI,
di Aldo NESTORI
- Anno Edizione:
- 2000
- Collana/Rivista:
- Monumenti di Antichità Cristiana
- Casa Editrice:
- PIAC - Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana - Roma
- Argomento:
- Archeologia paleocristiana
- ISBN:
- 88-85991-27-0
Descrizione:
23 pagine, 35 grandi tavole a colori
The book, edited in two distinct parts by Aldo Nestori, emeritus professor of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, and by Fabrizio Bisconti, holder of the chair of Iconography, opens with a short note on the history of the basilica and on the archaeological investigations carried out on it. Then follows the section on iconography in which the underlying theme that runs through all the images is illustrated with a completely new type of language. A short conclusion proposes the contents of all the plates.The final 35 colour plates faithfully reproduce Wilpert’s water-colours depicting the mosaics of the nave and of the triumphal arch of the basilica.
23 pages, 35 great color plates