Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

Inlay and l\Iosaic

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go]d glass ,vas set up at Мшаво, and Venice no longcr impoгted its mateгial. The old Cat]1eclгal at Torcello has one of thc most pe1·fect examples of t]1c t,velft]1 century mosaic iп tl1e ,vol'ld. Tl1e entiгe west encl of the chшch is coyc1·ecl ,vitЬ а rich display of figшes and Scгiptuгal sccncs. А vегу lurid Hell is exl1iЬitcd at tЬе Jo,ver comcr, iв the clept]1s of which are seen stewing, several Sагасепs, witl1 large hoop eaгrings. ТЬеiг faces are highly exp1·csR­ ive of discomfoгt. This mosaic is fнН of genuine feeliпg; one of the subjccts is Ampl1itrite гiding а sea�юrse, aшong tlюsc wЬо 1·ise to the sшface ,v]юn " tЬс sca gives пр its dead." The Redecmed arc seen cгowding rонпd АЬгаЬаm, w]ю hol(1s one in Ьis Ьоsош; they arc likc ап iпfant class, and аге dгessed iп нnifшm pinafoгes, inteпdcd to look likc Jittlc ecclesiastica] vestments ! Tl1e Dead ,vho аге bcing giveп up Ьу the Eaгth аге being vomitcd fort]1 Ьу wild aпimals - tЬis is oгiginal, ancl I believc, almost t]ic опlу occasioп оп wl1ich this fOI'm of literal resнrгcctioп is гeprescnted. In tl1e tl1i1·teentЬ centuгy а la1·ge nшnber of mosaic artists appearcd in Floгence, тапу of ,vhose names апсl Ьistories are availaЫe. In the Baptistery, Andгca Tafi, ,vho livecl between 1213 and 1294, decoгatcd t]ic cupola. ,vith Ьim ,vere t,vo assistaпts who а1·е kпо,vп Ьу namc - Apolloniнs а Greek, whicll in part accoнnts fOI' tЬс stiff Byzaпtine figшes in this ,voгk, and anotlieг ,vlю has left his sigпatнre, " Jacobus Saneti Francisci Fгate1· " - eviclently а шonastic c1·aftsшan. Gaddo