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| Title: | The Sacrifice of Isaac |
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| Notes: | "The Palatine Chapel represents twelfth-century art patronage of the highest order; it is an extraordinary ensemble of materials, techniques, and styles. The pavement and wall revetments make extensive use of porphyry, serpentine breccia, and other colored stones in a variety of intricate ornamental patterns. The iconic and narrative mosaics that cover the upper walls of the entire chapel and the vaults of the eastern end are executed on a scintillating gold ground.In addition, the chapel is outfitted with a set of bronze doors to the west, and many elements of carved marble. These decorations, embellishments, and furnishings, which were executed by artists and artisans with different cultural roots and affiliations -- Byzantine, Islamic, and western -- stand as testimony to the power of Norman patronage and the richness of the visual culture of Sicily in the twelfth century." [Medieval Italy: an Encyclopedia. Christopher Kleinhenz, 2003. p. 836.] |
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| Date: | mid 12th century |
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| Building: | Cappella Palatina di Palermo
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| Object/Function: | Mosaic |
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| City/Town: | Palermo
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| Country: | Italy
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| Scripture: | Genesis 22:1-24
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| Lectionary links: | AVigl
AProp08
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| General Subject: | Sacrifice of Isaac
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 71C131
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| Attribution: | The Sacrifice of Isaac, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=46192 [retrieved June 19, 2013]. |
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| Record Number: | 46192
Last Updated: 2011-06-15 15:35:35
Record Created: 2006-06-26 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
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Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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| Bibliographic Source: | Les Mosaiques de la Chapelle Palatine de Palerme. Belli, Annibale and Pietro Toesca. Milano, Edizioni d'arte Sidera, 1955. |
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