Cosmati

As a Cosmati active between the 12th and 14th century group is called marble decorators. The Cosmati were mainly active in Rome in the decoration of churches. With its incrustations they decorated from floor, rood screen, pulpit, altars and episcopal chairs.

Their art was influenced by classical models and Arabic decorative pattern in southern Italy. The art of marquetry was often transferred to the son in the family of father. The name " Cosmati " goes to Cosmas, the progenitor of the family, back and eventually became the name of the whole art style. This also applies to the term Kosmatenarbeit or " Cosmatesca " for the mosaics. The Cosmati worked by the way not only in Rome, but also abroad, for example, come some grave monuments in Westminster Abbey and a mosaic in the Romanesque Gurk Cathedral ( Austria, Carinthia ) of them.

Examples of churches with Kosmatenarbeiten in Rome:

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