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Art and eloquence in Byzantium

By Henry Maguire

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
1994
ISBN
9780691039725, 9780691194448, 9780691036939
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
312 MB (327559143 bytes)
Pages
222\246
Library
Fulcrum
Time added
2023-06-13 14:08:11

Description

In this interdisciplinary study, Henry Maguire examines the impact of several literary genres and rhetorical techniques on the visual arts of Byzantium. In particular, he shows that the literary embellishments of the sermons and hymns of the church nourished the imaginations of artists, and fundamentally affected the iconography, style, and arrangement of their work. Using provocative material previously unfamiliar to art historians, he concentrates on religious art from a.d. 843 to 1453.

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