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32 THE IMPERIAL PORTRAITS OF THE SOUTH GALLERY
The figures of John and Irene, and to a lesser degree the imperial portraits
of the Zoe Panel, reflect this same conventionalism.
Far different is the face of Alexios. Although a contemporary composition
it is painted in an intensity of vision which entrains the stimulus of the
identification of spirit and establishes a conduit by which a tide of sentiment
is caused to flow to us [ioi].
Such in part is an account of the rediscovery of these mosaics and a record
of the first reflections produced by a study of them.
In the enclosure of Haghia Sophia is revealed a gallery of imperial portraits
and religious paintings uniting palaces with the Great Church.
The Zoe Panel is one of the last works of the Macedonian Dynasty, the
panel of John and Alexios is among the earlier works of the Comnenoi. On
the same wall is represented the art of the end of one epoch and that of the
beginning of the next.
Our knowledge of both Byzantine art and history is enriched by these
paintings, for they are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time.
In concluding this Report indebtedness for help received from a large number
of persons is enthusiastically acknowledged.
A contribution from the American Council of Learned Societies has assisted
in the publication of this volume. Thanks are also offered in particular to the
Staff of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution in Washington,
the Coning Glass Works, and to the following persons: Mr. William T.
Aldrich, Mr. F. A. Bannister, Mr. J. L. Campbell, Dr. William Emerson,
Mr. Edward W. Forbes, Sir John Forsdyke, Mr. Seth T. Gano, Professor S.
R. K. Glanville, Bay Tahsin Giigcii, Mr. William James, Dr. John Johnson,
Mr. A. Lucas,. Sir Eric Maclagan, The Honourable J. V. A. MacMurray,
Professor Charles R. Morey, Professor Frederick K. Morris, Dr. H. J.
Plenderleith, Mrs. E. K. Roums, Dr. Alexander Scott, Dr. L. Shepard, Mr.V.D.
Tompkins, Mr. Alexander G.Veglery, Professor A. J. B.Wace, Mr. Archibald V.
Walker, Mr. Thomas Wilson, and Miss E. K. Wright; further to Technical
Assistants: Mr. F. B.Altemus, Mr. J. M. Brennan, Mr. G. H. Flockton, Mr. A.
A. Green, Mr. R. A. Gregory, Mr. W. J. Gregory, Mr. H. S. Hatcher,Mr. E.
J. W. Hawkins, Mr. George A. C. Holt, Mr. Pierre Iskander, Mr. N. K. Kluge,
Mr. A. H. Lye, Mr. E. Mitchell, Mr. A. T. White, and Bay Adli Salih Yener,
and finally to the research associates in the Library of the Byzantine Institute
in Paris.
The figures of John and Irene, and to a lesser degree the imperial portraits
of the Zoe Panel, reflect this same conventionalism.
Far different is the face of Alexios. Although a contemporary composition
it is painted in an intensity of vision which entrains the stimulus of the
identification of spirit and establishes a conduit by which a tide of sentiment
is caused to flow to us [ioi].
Such in part is an account of the rediscovery of these mosaics and a record
of the first reflections produced by a study of them.
In the enclosure of Haghia Sophia is revealed a gallery of imperial portraits
and religious paintings uniting palaces with the Great Church.
The Zoe Panel is one of the last works of the Macedonian Dynasty, the
panel of John and Alexios is among the earlier works of the Comnenoi. On
the same wall is represented the art of the end of one epoch and that of the
beginning of the next.
Our knowledge of both Byzantine art and history is enriched by these
paintings, for they are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time.
In concluding this Report indebtedness for help received from a large number
of persons is enthusiastically acknowledged.
A contribution from the American Council of Learned Societies has assisted
in the publication of this volume. Thanks are also offered in particular to the
Staff of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution in Washington,
the Coning Glass Works, and to the following persons: Mr. William T.
Aldrich, Mr. F. A. Bannister, Mr. J. L. Campbell, Dr. William Emerson,
Mr. Edward W. Forbes, Sir John Forsdyke, Mr. Seth T. Gano, Professor S.
R. K. Glanville, Bay Tahsin Giigcii, Mr. William James, Dr. John Johnson,
Mr. A. Lucas,. Sir Eric Maclagan, The Honourable J. V. A. MacMurray,
Professor Charles R. Morey, Professor Frederick K. Morris, Dr. H. J.
Plenderleith, Mrs. E. K. Roums, Dr. Alexander Scott, Dr. L. Shepard, Mr.V.D.
Tompkins, Mr. Alexander G.Veglery, Professor A. J. B.Wace, Mr. Archibald V.
Walker, Mr. Thomas Wilson, and Miss E. K. Wright; further to Technical
Assistants: Mr. F. B.Altemus, Mr. J. M. Brennan, Mr. G. H. Flockton, Mr. A.
A. Green, Mr. R. A. Gregory, Mr. W. J. Gregory, Mr. H. S. Hatcher,Mr. E.
J. W. Hawkins, Mr. George A. C. Holt, Mr. Pierre Iskander, Mr. N. K. Kluge,
Mr. A. H. Lye, Mr. E. Mitchell, Mr. A. T. White, and Bay Adli Salih Yener,
and finally to the research associates in the Library of the Byzantine Institute
in Paris.