Mosaici di Ravenna - Jaca Book

Jutta Dresken-Weiland

PROLOGUE 11 I. A P RIVAT E B URIA L P LAC E A N D I T S MOSAICS: TH E M AU SOLE UM O F  GA LLA  PLACI DI A TH E M A US OLEUM O F  GALL A  PLACIDI A 15 Architecture 15 The building in its ancient context 15 Function of the building 15 Changes to the interior since Antiquity 22 The pictorial themes 22 The Good Shepherd 22 Lawrence 36 The two deer at the water 38 The ornamental mosaics in the barrel vaults 44 The prophets 45 The mosaics in the lunettes of the crossing 46 The dome vault 55 Overall concept and meaning of the imagery 55 II. TH E I CONOGRAPH Y OF T H E B APTISMA L S PACES TH E B APTISTER Y OF TH E CATHEDRAL 63 The building 63 The pictorial themes 63 The mosaics in the apsidioles and the iconography of baptism imagery 63 The healing of the paralysed man in the southeast niche 64 The Foot-washing in the northeast niche 68 The Good Shepherd in the northwest niche 69 The rescue of Peter from the floods in the southwest niche 70 The decoration in mosaic in the blind arches and spandrels 71 The stucco decoration in the window zone and its contribution to the iconography 72 The images in the dome of the Orthodox Baptistery 74 The Procession of the Apostles 81 The niche architectures underneath the procession of the apostles 82

TAB LE O F C ON TENTS

TH E ARIA N BAPTISTER Y 103 The construction 103 The pictorial themes 108 The mosaic in the dome of the Arian Baptistery 108 The Baptism of Christ in the Arian Baptistery compared to the depiction in the Baptistery of the Cathedral 108 The procession of the apostles in the Arian Baptistery 112 The peculiarities in the iconography of the dome mosaic of the Arian Baptistery 112

S. APOLLINARE NUOVO 11 7 The construction 117 The mosaics of Theodoric’s time in S. Apollinare Nuovo 122 The New Testament scenes on the northern clerestory wall 122 The cycle with scenes from the life of Jesus 122 The transformation of water into wine at the wedding of Cana 122 The multiplication of the loaves and the fishes 123 The calling of Peter and Andrew 124 The healing of two blind men 124 The healing of the bleeding woman or the healing of the Canaanite woman’s daughter 125 Christ with the Samaritan woman at the well 126 The raising of Lazarus 126 The parable of the Pharisee and the publican 127 The widow’s mite 132 The separation of the sheep from the goats 132 The healing of the paralytic at Capernaum 133 Jesus healing the demon-possessed man 136 The healing of the paralytic of Bethesda 137 The New Testament scenes on the southern clerestory wall 137 The Last Supper 137 Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane 140 The betrayal by Judas 143 Christ brought to the Sanhedrin 146 Jesus before Caiaphas 147 Christ, Peter and the cock 147 Peter ’s denial 150 Juda s’ repentance 151 Jesus before Pilate 152 The bearing of the cross 15 4 The women at the empty tomb 156 Jesus on the road to Emmaus 157 Jesus appears to the disciples and doubting Thomas 158 On the meaning of the New Testament cycle in S. Apollinare Nuovo 161 Focus on content 161 Iconography and choice of models 161 The contemporary notion of Christ according to the S. Apollinare mosaics 162

The central frieze: the figures between the windows 162 The lower register 180 The elements of the lower zone on the northern and southern walls from the time of Theodoric 180 The mosaics from the time of Agnellus 195 The male saints and martyrs 196 The female saints and martyrs 201 Why is this procession of martyrs special? 203 The portrait of Justinian 209 S. V ITALE 2 13 The founder 2 13 The building 2 13 The mosaics of the presbytery 2 17 The presbytery arch: Christ, apostles, and saints 2 17 Abraham hosting the three men at Mambre and the Sacrifice of Isaac 226 Abel and Melchizedek 227 Isaiah, Jeremiah, Moses 229 The flying angels with the cross medallion and the evangelists 233 The lunettes above the triple-arched openings and the vault 235 The apse 235 The mosaics with the emperors 242 S. APOLLINAR E IN CLASS E 2 55 The construction 255 The mosaics in their chronological order 257 The apse vault 257 Apollinaris 257 The Transfiguration 257 The cross 266 Other depictions in the apse 269 Images on the face arch 278 S. Vitale and S. Apollinare in Classe 280 A P RIVATE P RAYER ROOM: T HE CAPPELLA ARCIVESCOVILE 28 3 Construction and Inscription 283 The barrel vault of the narthex 286 Christus Victor 286 The cross vault of the chapel 290 EPILOGUE 2 97 NOTE S 3 00 REFERENCES AN D B IBLIOGRAPHY 3 13 INDE X 3 17 PHOTO CREDITS 320 Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, meander

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Vitale, apse, official

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S. Vitale, apse, Maximian

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25 1 S . V itale