Monreale Cathedral: Interior Mosaics (Monreale, Sicily, Italy) : Central (nave) mosaics, Jacob Wrestling with the Angel
- Creator:
- unknown (Norman)
- Published/Created:
- Monreale, Sicily, Italy
1174-1189 - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
500 AD - 1499 AD - Materials:
- glass
Gold
granite
marble
mosaic
stone - Notes:
- The scheme of mosaics begins in the nave with the Creation and subsequent Old Testament scenes, progresses to the Life of Christ in the crossing, transepts and nave aisles, and culminates in the apse with a hieratic array consisting of Christ Pantokrator with his heavenly court. The programme imitates many features of the mosaic decoration of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, but it is more expansive; and in the absence of a cupola, the main apse and presbytery form the sole theological centre. Although the style of the mosaics is Byzantine, almost all the inscriptions are in Latin, not Greek, and the disposition of the scenes in unbroken friezes is contrary to Byzantine practice. At Monreale the walls are covered with images: the surfaces not containing the main scenes--piers, soffits and spandrels--bear prophets, saints and angels. The New Testament scenes form the largest surviving monumental New Testament cycle in either East or West.
- Variant Titles:
- Duomo di Monreale
Cattedrale di Monreale - Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 12th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Byzantine
Norman - Culture:
- Norman
- Accession Number:
- 1A3-N-S-MD-3-H1
- Genre:
- churches: cathedrals (AAT)
mosaics (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture - Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- cycles or series; decorative arts; New Testament; Old Testament and Apocrypha; saints; Benedictines; Crusades; mosaics (visual works) mosaic visual works; mosaics (visual works)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Two
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10170295
- PID:
- digcoll:1847923