Saints and spectacle [electronic resource] : Byzantine mosaics in their cultural setting / Carolyn L. Connor.
2016
NA3780 .C64 2016eb
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Saints and spectacle [electronic resource] : Byzantine mosaics in their cultural setting / Carolyn L. Connor.
Cover Title
Saints & spectacle
ISBN
9780190457648 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 212 pages) : illustrations
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190457624 doi
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NA3780 .C64 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
720.9495
Summary
The awe-inspiring mosaics covering the walls, vaults, and domes of Byzantine churches of the medieval period still remain a mystery to modern viewers. Saints and Spectacle ventures into the world of ninth- and tenth-century Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, to recapture the spirit of Byzantine thought and expression after Iconoclasm. Texts, artworks, and the archaeological record aid in reconstructing the visual and literary context of the age of the first rulers of the Macedonian Dynasty.
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The awe-inspiring mosaics covering the walls, vaults, and domes of Byzantine churches of the medieval period still remain a mystery to modern viewers. Saints and Spectacle ventures into the world of ninth- and tenth-century Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, to recapture the spirit of Byzantine thought and expression after Iconoclasm. Texts, artworks, and the archaeological record aid in reconstructing the visual and literary context of the age of the first rulers of the Macedonian Dynasty.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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