Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

Inlay and �iosaic

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where gleaш the marvelloнs processioв of white 1·obed virgiвs, and ,vheгe glitte1·s the гоуаl cortege of Justinian and Theodora. The acme of the art ,vas reached ,vhen these шural clecoratioпs ,vегс plannecl апd executed, авd the chuгches of Ravenna may Ье considered the centгal museum of thc world for а study of шosaic. Amoпg those who worked at Ravcnna а fcw naшes have descended. These cгaftsmen ,vere, Cuseriнs, Paulus, Janнs, Statius and Stephanus, but tl1eir his­ torics аге vague. Theodoгic also brought somc шosaic artists from Rome to ,voгk in Ravenna, wЬicl1 fact accounts for а Latin influencc disceгniЫe in thcse шo­ saies, wЬich агс in many iпstances fгее from Byzaпtine stiffness. The clctails of tl1c tcxtilcs in the grcat шosaics of Justinian and ТЬеоdша are rarely bcautiful. The chlamys ,vith ,vhich Jнstinian is gaгbecl is covcred ,vith ciгculaг interlaces ,Yith Ыгds in them; on thc boгder of the Empгess's l'ohc аге cmbroideгics of the three Magi p1·esenting their gifts; on one of the гоЬсs of the attendants therc is а patteгn of ducks s,Yiшmiпg, ,vhile anot.l1eг is ornamentcd ,vith leaves of а five-pointed f01·m. There is а mosaic in the Tomb of Galla Placida in Ravenna, representing St. Lawгence, cheerfully ap­ proaching his gridiron, ,vith the Cross and an open book encumbering his hands, while in а convenient cшner stands а little piecc of furnituгe resemЫing а шeat-safe, contaiпiпg tЬе Fош Gospels. The saint is ,valking briskly, апd is fully draped; the gгidiron is