Jerusalem as Rome in the Monreale mosaics of the 1180's
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-1-1-96-107
Abstract
The portrayal of architecture in the Monreale mosaics differs substantially from architectural staffage in Byzantine monumental painting of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The author undertakes to research the portrayal of architecture in the Monreale mosaics. There are analogies with Roman mosaics and frescoes of the end of the eleventh to the twelfth centuries, which have their source in ancient Roman and early Christian art. Medieval artists and their patrons, Roman popes and bishops, have created an image of Jerusalem through portrayal of antique Roman buildings. Thus they model the Holy City on Rome. They were inspired by the ideas of early Latin theologians who asserted that Rome, the capital of the Civitas Dei on earth, had the leading role in affirming and spreading Christ's teaching. The Monreale mosaics carry the same message. This conclusion is described for the first time in scholarly work.
About the Author
L. M. Evseeva
Andrey Rublev Central Museum of Ancient Russian Culture and Art
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Liliia M. Evseeva, PhD in Art history
bld. 10, Andron'evskaia sq., Moscow, 107120
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Evseeva L.M. Jerusalem as Rome in the Monreale mosaics of the 1180's. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2019;(1-1):96-107. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-1-1-96-107
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