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martyrdom of a saint, to
which Christ is now a
rather distant witness.
Roman mosaic with a
traditio Legis scene, from the
basilica Santa Costanza, Rome, 4th...
- Commesso, also
referred to as
Florentine mosaic, is a
method of
piecing together cut
sections of luminous,
narrow gemstones to form
works of art. Precise...
- to
create a
pictorial scene or
regular design". The
English term "
Florentine mosaic" is
sometimes also encountered,
probably developed by the tourist...
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under his
Italian name Strad****.
Against the wall is a
cabinet with
Florentine mosaic designs.
These rooms were used by the
priori (priors) representing...
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important cycles of
medieval Italian mosaics,
created between 1225 and
around 1330
using designs by
major Florentine painters such as Cimabue,
Coppo di...
- 1865 to 1871 the city
served as the
capital of the
Kingdom of Italy. The
Florentine dialect forms the base of
standard Italian and it
became the language...
- statues. The
interior has rich
inlays in commesso, also
referred as
Florentine mosaic, a
method of
piecing together semi-precious stones. The
practice was...
- Boskovits, Miklós (2007). A
Critical and
Historical Corpus of
Florentine Painting: The
mosaics of the
Baptistery of Florence. Florence: Giunti. Radke, Gary...
- Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Commesso may
refer to: Commesso,
Florentine mosaic, is a
method of
piecing together cut
sections of luminous, narrow...
- fond of
striking phrases; he it was who had
referred to
Blaine as a
Florentine mosaic; and his
reference to Mrs.
Cleveland as “the
uncrowned queen of America”...
