Affiliation:
1. Academy of Applied Studies Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract
The mosaics of the Great Palace in Constantinople represent an exceptional
work of art from the Late Antique period, unsurpassed in their style and
composition features as well as the richness of the prevailing motifs. Thus,
many researchers found them intriguing as they faced complex issues of their
dating or attribution, stylistic and iconographic analysis, as well as the
purpose of the building where the mosaics were located. In this paper, the
intention was to point out a new possibility for the interpretation of this
corpus of iconography, based on the cosmogony principle with the Earth (Gea)
allegory in the central zone, and to give a contribution to its more
reliable dating.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
Subject
Archeology,Visual Arts and Performing Arts,History,Archeology
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