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The impact of cloisonné enamels on artistic features of the micromosaic icons of the early Palaeologan period
https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-1-1-124-136
Abstract
The article deals with the impact of Byzantine cloisonné enamels on the stylistic particularity of the micromosaic icons of the early Palaeologan period. The art of micromosaics, which was flourishing at the end of the thirteenth to the beginning of the fourteenth centuries, borrowed and reinterpreted some of artistic peculiarities typical of gradually decaying cloisonné enamel: an active use of "linear" highlights, covering garments with a fine sparkling "net", ornamented haloes and medallions or cartouches containing inscriptions. Thus the expressive qualities of painting, on the one hand, and of the decorative art of enameling on the other are conjoined in the micromosaic icons.
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M. I. YakovlevaRussian Federation
Maria I. Yakovleva
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For citation: Yakovleva M.I. The impact of cloisonné enamels on artistic features of the micromosaic icons of the early Palaeologan period. RSUH/RGGU Bulletin: “Literary Teory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies”, Series. 2019;(1-1):124-136. https://doi.org/10.28995/2686-7249-2019-1-1-124-136
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