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Santo, vescovo e confessore. L'immagine di Apollinare nei mosaici di Classe

Title in English Saint, Bishop and Confessor. The Image of Apollinaris in Sant'Apollinare in Classe
Authors

FILIPOVÁ Alžběta

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference L'éveque, l'image et la mort; Identité et mémoire au Moyen Age
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Art, architecture, cultural heritage
Keywords Sant'Apollinare in Classe; Ravenna; Late Antiquity; Early Medieval Bishops; Transfiguration
Description The paper focuses on the mosaics of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, in Ravenna and reconsiders the role of the figure of Saint Apollinaris which is in the center of the composition of the mosaic of the apse. The visual emphasis on saint Apollinaris, the first bishop of Ravenna, has to be understood within the context of the claims for a larger independence of the bishopric of this city. The mystical and liturgical value of the mosaic are also to be considered.
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