TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
1. PANORAMA
Flat Polychrome Geometric Ornamentation in the Western Empire During the Middle Ages
2. ROME
Cosmatesque Site par Excellence
3. ANTECEDENTS
Local Tradition and Byzantine Influence
4. THE REGULATING GEOMETRY
The Basic Repertoire of Constant Geometric Motifs
5. THE SIGNIFICATION
The Cosmatesque Quincunx: A Double-Cross Motif
6. ANALYSIS OF A MOSAIC
The Pavement of the Schola Cantorum of San Clemente
Bibliography
Credits
Index
About the Author
Paloma Pajares Ayuela, an architect, studies in Madrid and at Yale University and teaches at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana.
ISBN 0-393-73037-9 / July 2001 / 600 col. and b+w illus / 320 pages
