COLLECTION NAME:
Design Library Image Collection
mediaCollectionId
NCSULIB~1~1
Design Library Image Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
158402
imageid
158402
Accession Number
false
Order Title:
Archivision Addition Module TWO--6,395 images
orderdescription
Archivision Addition Module TWO--6,395 images
Order Title
false
Type of View:
partialView
imagetitletype
partialView
Type of View
false
View Title:
Apse mosaic depicting Virgin and Child flanked by archangels
imagetitle
Apse mosaic depicting Virgin and Child flanked by archangels
View Title
false
Date of View:
00/00/00
imagedate
00/00/00
Date of View
false
Image description:
The main apse of Monreale is a variation on that of Cefal¿ Cathedral. The image of Christ Pantokrator fills the conch with an all-embracing gesture. Below, the Virgin sits enthroned with the Christ Child on her knees, flanked by archangels and Apostles, with a row of saints below. Both rows continue from the apse on to the presbytery walls: but whereas the Apostles turn towards the centre, the saints below are shown in strict frontality. The choice of saints, which includes the earliest surviving representation of St Thomas Becket, canonized in 1173, seems to reflect William II¿s ecclesiastical policy.
imagedescription
The main apse of Monreale is a variation on that of Cefal¿ Cathedral. The image of Christ Pantokrator fills the conch with an all-embracing gesture. Below, the Virgin sits enthroned with the Christ Child on her knees, flanked by archangels and Apostles, with a row of saints below. Both rows continue from the apse on to the presbytery walls: but whereas the Apostles turn towards the centre, the saints below are shown in strict frontality. The choice of saints, which includes the earliest surviving representation of St Thomas Becket, canonized in 1173, seems to reflect William II¿s ecclesiastical policy.
Image description
false
Image Rights:
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
imagerights
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image Rights
false
Source Institution:
Archivision, Inc.
sourceinstitution
Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution
false
Collection:
Addition Module TWO
collection
Addition Module TWO
Collection
false
Culture:
Norman
culture
Norman
Culture
false
Subject:
Benedictines
subject
Benedictines
Subject
false
Subject:
Crusades
subject
Crusades
Subject
false
Subject:
mosaics (visual works)
subject
mosaics (visual works)
Subject
false
Work Types:
Art; mosaics (visual works)
worktypes
Art; mosaics (visual works)
Work Types
false
Related Work Title:
Monreale Cathedral; partOf
relatedworktitle
Monreale Cathedral; partOf
Related Work Title
false
Preferred Title:
Monreale Cathedral: Interior Mosaics
worktitle
Monreale Cathedral: Interior Mosaics
Preferred Title
false
Agent Display:
Unknown (Norman)
workagentdisplay
Unknown (Norman)
Agent Display
false
Date:
1174-1189 (creation)
workdatedisplay
1174-1189 (creation)
Date
false
Materials:
stone; marble; granite; glass; gold; mosaic
workmaterialdisplay
stone; marble; granite; glass; gold; mosaic
Materials
false
Technique:
mosaic (process)
worktechniquedisplay
mosaic (process)
Technique
false
Locations:
Monreale, Sicily, Italy
locations
Monreale, Sicily, Italy
Locations
false
Location Type:
(site)
locationtype
(site)
Location Type
false
Classification:
Painting and Drawing
classificationterm
Painting and Drawing
Classification
false