The Oxford handbook of Byzantine art and architecture

The Oxford handbook of Byzantine art and architecture / edited by Ellen C. Schwartz.

"This handbook offers a wide-ranging introduction to the richness and diversity of the arts in the Byzantine world. It includes thirty-eight essays by international authors, from prominent researchers to emerging scholars, on various issues and media. Discussions consider art created for religi...

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Other Authors: Schwartz, Ellen C. (Ellen Carol), 1947- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Series:Oxford handbooks.
Subjects:
Art, Byzantine.
Architecture, Byzantine.
Architecture, Byzantine
Art, Byzantine
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The artifice of eternity / Ellen C. Schwartz
  • Part 1. Approaching Byzantine art. The origin of icons / Thomas F. Mathews ; Byzantine art and perception / Bissera V. Pentcheva ; Spolia in Byzantine art and architecture / Bente Kilerich ; The icon / Rebecca W. Corrie ; Iconoclasm / Leslie Brubaker ; Magic and Byzantine art / Jacquelyn Tuerk-Stonberg ; Bodily adornment and modification in Byzantium / Alicia Walker ; Secular art / Maria G. Parani ; The imperial arts / Benjamin Anderson ; Private collecting and the art market for Byzantine artifacts / Christian Schmidt ; The Byzantine arts and Byzantine literature / Henry Maguire
  • Part 2. Reception of Byzantine art and architecture. Neighbors to the East and South. Armenia / Christina Maranci ; Georgia / Zaza Skhirtladze ; Islamic states and the Middle East / Erica Cruikshank Dodd
  • Looking westward. Italy, the Crusader states, and Cyprus / Maria Georgopoulou ; South Slavic lands / Ljubomir Milanović
  • After the fall. Byzance après Byzance and post-Byzantine art from the late fifteenth century through the eighteenth century / Henry D. Schilb ; The Byzantine revival in Europe / J.B. Bullen
  • Part 3. The realia of Byzantine art. Archaeology. Archaeology : sites and approaches / Eric A. Ivison
  • Architecture. Religious architecture / Marina Mihaljević ; Devotional practices and the development of the church building / Neojs̆a Stanković ; Secular architecture : domestic / Carolyn S. Snively ; Secular architecture : military / Stavros I. Arvanitopoulos ; Acceptance and adaptation of Byzantine architectural types in the "Byzantine commonwealth" / Mark J. Johnson
  • Decoration of structures/Byzantine wall decoration. Mosaics / Liz James ; Monumental painting : pre-iconoclasm / Elizabeth S. Bolman ; Monumental painting : post-iconoclasm / Sharon E.J. Gerstel ; Stone sculpture / Sarah T. Brooks
  • Portable media. Illuminated manuscripts : religious / Susan Madigan McCombs ; Illuminated manuscripts : secular / Christine Havice ; Liturgical objects / Holger A. Klein ; Bronze and copper icons / Ellen C. Schwartz ; Amulets, crosses, and reliquaries / Brigitte Pitarakis ; Ivories and steatites / Carolyn L. Connor ; Ceramics / Demetra Papanikola-Bakirtzi ; Glass / Anastassios Antonaras ; Jewelry and enamels / Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie ; Textile media / Warren T. Woodfin.

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