A World in Pieces: Medieval Wall Mosaics
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Monday 11 March 2024
(6-7pm) - Online Zoom Event, link details will be emailed to attendees on the morning of the event
- Lecturer: Liz James
Wall mosaics were the most elaborate and probably most expensive form of wall decoration used in the medieval world. They survive in churches and mosques across the Mediterranean world from Spain, Italy and Greece in the west, to Syria and Israel in the east, taking in the Ukraine and Georgia to the north and Egypt to the south. What made mosaic so special as a medium? This lecture will look to explain something of the beauty and wonder of mosaics – as well as their cultural capital.
This online lecture will be recorded and available to ticketholders for two weeks after the event.
Lecturer
Professor Liz James is a specialist in the art of the Byzantine Empire, with a current focus on mosaics. Her first degree at the University of Durham was in Ancient History and Archaeology, followed by an MA in Byzantine Studies at the University of Birmingham and subsequently a PhD at the Courtauld Institute in light and colour in Byzantine art. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the Barber Institute, University of Birmingham, and a British Academy Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, she transferred to Sussex in 1993. Liz is Professor of Art History and Interim Dean of the School of Media, Arts and Humanities. Widely published and she is the author of Mosaics of the Medieval World (Cambridge UP, 2017) and she maintains a medieval mosaics website.
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