Byzantine mosaic decoration: aspects of monumental art in Byzantium

Frontmatter FOREWORD (page xiii) I THE CLASSICAL SYSTEM OF MIDDLE BYZANTINE CHURCH DECORATION (page 3) INTRODUCTION (page 3) THE THEORY OF THE ICON (page 5) ARCHITECTURAL AND TECHNICAL CONDITIONS (page 10) THE ICON IN SPACE (page 13) THE IDEAL ICONOGRAPHIC SCHEME OF THE CROSS-IN-SQUARE CHURCH (page 14) THE THREE ZONES (page 16) FORMAL UNITY (page 30) II HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE BYZANTINE SYSTEM (page 43) ITS SOURCES (page 43) ITS DEVELOPMENT (page 44) ITS DISSOLUTION (page 61) THE PROVINCES (page 63) III THE IMPRINT OF THE SYSTEM ON LATER ART (page 77) THE RE-EMERGENCE OF PICTORIAL SPACE (page 77) THE SPATIAL NICHE (page 79) PHYSICAL SPACE AND FLAT COMPOSITION (page 81) SPATIAL COMPOSITIONS IN FLAT PROJECTION (page 82) CONCLUSION (page 84) NOTES (page 87) INDEX (page 95)