Byzantine Fragments

by Karl Lagerfeld

Comprising Karl Lagerfeld's photographs of the Byzantine mosaics in the Basilica di San Vitale in Ravenna and conceived in connection with his acclaimed Paris-Byzance collection for Chanel in December 2010, Byzantine Fragments is an eloquent book object that imitates the delicate mosaics it depicts. Lagerfeld's pictures are impressions, not documentations of the mosaics: each is printed at a different angle and with blurred edges like sepia images...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3869302461
• ISBN13: 9783869302461
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Steidl
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.9" x 16.1"