The Birth of the cosmatesque style: Byzantium, Ancient Rus and Medieval Italy

Abstract

Mosaic of the cosmatesque style has a conneticon with Italy a long time ago. However, the history of its creation is not so clear. The author argues that the basis of the cosmatesque style didn’t appeare in Italy, its geographical spread is much wider than Rome and the neighborhood, and the family marbler Cosmati not the creators, they are and followers of the centuries-old traditions of the Byzantine mosaicists, which were formed in VI-VIII centuries.