{"id":590,"date":"2013-04-08T13:13:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T17:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic.jpg"},"modified":"2013-04-08T13:13:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T17:13:24","slug":"olympus-digital-camera-40","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/?attachment_id=590","title":{"rendered":"Monreale Virgin Mary Accepting Donation from William Mosaic"},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a rel='attachment' href='https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-332x249.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Type of Site: Church (including Cathedrals)<br \/>\nDate: ca. 1175-1190 CE<br \/>\nDescription:<br \/>\n     This mosaic represents the best of the Byzantine period mixed with Latin inscriptions to the right of the mosaic.  &#8220;On the opposite pier William is shown offering the church of Monreale to its patron, the Virgin (oxfordartonline.com.ezproxy.montclair.edu:2048\/subscriber\/article\/grove\/art\/T059193#T059198).  The style of Byzantine art was quite popular in Siena and Florence.  Artists such as Duccio and Giotto were becoming accustomed to the new form of medieval art, which would see its height in the mid 1300s.  Surprisingly there is a great deal of Byzantine attributed around Monreale and is well represented in this Cathedral.  Additionally, inscriptions upon mosaics usually depicted the Greek language, however as displayed here Latin lettering was used exclusively.<br \/>\nModern Province: (PA) Palermo<br \/>\nModern Town: Greater Palermo<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Virgin Mary Accepting Offering from King William II<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":500,"height":375,"file":"2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-300x225.jpg","width":300,"height":225,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-300x225.jpg"},"teaser-thumb":{"file":"MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-332x249.jpg","width":332,"height":249,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-332x249.jpg"},"gallery-1-thumb":{"file":"MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-432x375.jpg","width":432,"height":375,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-432x375.jpg"},"gallery-2-thumb":{"file":"MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-268x268.jpg","width":268,"height":268,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-268x268.jpg"},"gallery-3-thumb":{"file":"MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-268x164.jpg","width":268,"height":164,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic-268x164.jpg"},"full":{"file":"MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic.jpg","width":500,"height":375,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":4.8,"credit":"","camera":"C5060WZ","caption":"","created_timestamp":1092720039,"copyright":"","focal_length":"22.9","iso":"213","shutter_speed":"2.5","title":"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA"}},"post":118,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MonrealeVirginMaryAcceptingDonationFromWilliamIIMosaic.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envisioningnormansicily.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=590"}]}}