A lost art rediscovered : the architectural ceramics of Byzantium / edited by Sharon E.J. Gerstel and Julie A. Lauffenburger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gerstel, Sharon E. J.

Lauffenburger, Julie A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.).

Tiles, Byzantine--Turkey--Istanbul--Catalogs.

Tiles, Byzantine.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Turkey--Istanbul--Catalogs.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.

Tiles--Maryland--Baltimore--Catalogs.

Tiles.

Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.)--Catalogs.

Maryland--Baltimore.

Turkey--Istanbul.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

xvii, 318 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Walters Art Museum ; University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2001]

Summary:

During the tenth and eleventh centuries, luxurious Byzantine buildings were enriched by colorful ceramic tiles decorated with an impressive range of figural and ornamental patterns. Despite their widespread use, traces of this important decorative medium have, for the most part, disappeared. Relegated to museum storerooms, hidden in private collections, buried under layers of construction, and eclipsed by more durable media, polychrome tiles have until now been denied their full role in our understanding of Byzantine decoration and aesthetics.

A Lost Art Rediscovered includes a fully illustrated catalogue of all known tiles produced in the region of Constantinople, including the substantial collection owned by the Walters Art Museum, as well as those belonging to museums and private collections around the world. Some tiles included in the catalogue are now lost; the discovery of others is reported here for the first time. A series of scholarly essays gives the ceramics their rightful place in the study of Byzantine art and treats aspects of patronage, manufacture, function, ornament, and cultural significance. This comprehensive publication heralds the first large-scale, permanent installation of the Byzantine tiles in the collection of the Walters Art Museum.

Contents:

Ninth- to Eleventh-Century Constantinople: The Cultural Context / Cyril Mango 5

Polychrome Tiles Found at Istanbul: Typology, Chronology, and Function / Marlia Mundell Mango 13

Ceramic Icons from Medieval Constantinople / Sharon E. J. Gerstel 43

Technical Insights into the Working Practices of the Byzantine Tile Maker / Julie A. Lauffenburger, Christine Vogt, Anne Bouquillon 67

Introduction to the Ornamental Tiles / Jeffrey C. Anderson 89

Tiles, Books, and the "Church like a Bride Adorned with Pearls and Gold" / Jeffrey C. Anderson 119

The Vagaries of a Motif and Other Observations on Ornament / William Tronzo 143

Tiles and Tribulations: A Community of Clay Across Byzantium and Its Adversaries / Anthony Cutler 159

Catalogue of Tiles from Sites in Constantinople and in Collections

I Great Palace 172

II Hospital of Sampson 176

III Istanbul Archaeological Museum 183

IV Istanbul Law Court 184

V Kyriotissa Church (Kalenderhane Camii) 185

VI Constantine Lips (Fenari Isa Camii) 189

VIa Atik Mustafa Pasa Camii 196

VII Myrelaion (Bodrum Camii) 197

VIII Saint Euphemia 200

IX Saint George of the Mangana 202

X Saint John Stoudios (Imrahor Camii) 203

XI Saint Polyeuktos 206

XII Topkapi Sarayi Basilica 208

XIII Zeuxippos Baths 225

XIV Botaneiates Palace Church 230

XV Istanbul, Provenance Unknown 231

XVI Haydarpasa 235

XVII Beykoz 236

XVIII Koimesis Church (Hyakinthos Monastery), Nicaea 236

XIX Nicomedia 237

XX Uskubu 238

XXI The Great Mosque at Cordoba 239

XXII Cherson 242

A The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore 243

B Musee du Louvre, Paris 279

C Musee National de Ceramique, Sevres 288

D Benaki Museum, Athens 298

E Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Washington, D.C. 301

F State Historical Museum, Moscow 301

G Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza 303

H Thierry Collection, France 304

I Mallon Collection 308

J Private Collection 309.

Notes:

Published in connection with an exhibition at the Walters Art Museum.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

027102139X

OCLC:

46828898