Messages in Mosaic: The Royal Programmes of Norman Sicily (1130-1187) (Clarendon Studies in the History of Art)

In this work, Eve Borsook--best known for her extensive work on fresco and mural painting--examines in detail the three great cycles of mosaic, focusing particularly on their arrangement and liturgical, even political significance. Produced within a sixty year span, the Norman royal mosaics form an unusually unanimous statement of the monarchy's view of itself, demonstrating the powerful way art, politics, theology, and ceremony merge.Borsook, Eve is the author of 'Messages in Mosaic: The Royal Programmes of Norman Sicily (1130-1187) (Clarendon Studies in the History of Art)', published 1990 under ISBN 9780198175049 and ISBN 0198175043.