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Comments
I enjoyed your essay greatly. When you state that “much of their iconography and mosaic style was influenced by cities they wished to be independent from such as Rome, Ravenna and Constantinople,” is it important to recognize that Venice was playing off her connections to Byzantium as a way of counterbalancing Roman influence? In other words, can we argue that Venetian mosaics were an instrument of political maneuvering, if not propaganda?
Preston Thayer
Director,
New Mexico State University Art Galleries