Author: Gary Vikan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art and religion
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Byzantine Pilgrimage Art
Author: Gary Vikan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art and religion
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art and religion
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Early Byzantine Pilgrimage Art
Author: Gary Vikan
Publisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN: 9780884023586
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Gary Vikan examines the portable artifacts of eastern Mediterranean pilgrimage from the 5th to the 7th century, presenting them in the context of contemporary pilgrim's texts & the archaeology of sacred sites.
Publisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN: 9780884023586
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Gary Vikan examines the portable artifacts of eastern Mediterranean pilgrimage from the 5th to the 7th century, presenting them in the context of contemporary pilgrim's texts & the archaeology of sacred sites.
Byzantine Pilgrimage Art
Author: Gary Vikan
Publisher: Department of Celtic Literature &
ISBN: 9780884021131
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher: Department of Celtic Literature &
ISBN: 9780884021131
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Sacred Images and Sacred Power in Byzantium
Author: Gary Vikan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
In these studies Gary Vikan has opened new perspectives on the daily life and material culture of Late Antiquity - more specifically, on icons and relics, and on objects revealing of the world of pilgrimage, the early cult of saints, and marriage. He contextualizes these familiar categories of object in the patterns of belief and ritual extracted from contemporary texts and the objects themselves, in order to understand their meaning within the everyday lives of those by whom and for whom they were made. The studies give a nuanced delineation of the inherently ambiguous boundary between conventional religion and magic, noting repeatedly those instances wherein the two are invoked in the same breath (and by way of the same art object), toward the same end. From this historically constructed matrix of art, belief, and ritual, the author derives an anthropologically defined paradigm of charisma and pilgrimage (applied in one essay, as an intriguing parallel, to deconstructing the world of a contemporary secular "saint," Elvis Presley).
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
In these studies Gary Vikan has opened new perspectives on the daily life and material culture of Late Antiquity - more specifically, on icons and relics, and on objects revealing of the world of pilgrimage, the early cult of saints, and marriage. He contextualizes these familiar categories of object in the patterns of belief and ritual extracted from contemporary texts and the objects themselves, in order to understand their meaning within the everyday lives of those by whom and for whom they were made. The studies give a nuanced delineation of the inherently ambiguous boundary between conventional religion and magic, noting repeatedly those instances wherein the two are invoked in the same breath (and by way of the same art object), toward the same end. From this historically constructed matrix of art, belief, and ritual, the author derives an anthropologically defined paradigm of charisma and pilgrimage (applied in one essay, as an intriguing parallel, to deconstructing the world of a contemporary secular "saint," Elvis Presley).
Art and Archaeology in Byzantium and Beyond
Author: Dionysios Mourelatos
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407356488
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This volume offers 21 essays that cover a wide range of topics in Byzantine and Post-Byzantine art and Archaeology.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407356488
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This volume offers 21 essays that cover a wide range of topics in Byzantine and Post-Byzantine art and Archaeology.
Heaven on Earth
Author: Linda Safran
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Contains eight lectures given at a fall 1991 lecture series at the Smithsonian Institution, examining the individual and collective experiences of the Byzantine faithful in order to understand the interaction of religion and art in Byzantium and thus bring the civilization to life. Topics include central themes in Byzantine theology, architecture and the liturgy, Byzantine silver plate, and illustrated service books of Byzantium. Excerpts from original sources are quoted extensively. Includes bandw and color photos and a glossary. Paper edition (unseen), $27.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Contains eight lectures given at a fall 1991 lecture series at the Smithsonian Institution, examining the individual and collective experiences of the Byzantine faithful in order to understand the interaction of religion and art in Byzantium and thus bring the civilization to life. Topics include central themes in Byzantine theology, architecture and the liturgy, Byzantine silver plate, and illustrated service books of Byzantium. Excerpts from original sources are quoted extensively. Includes bandw and color photos and a glossary. Paper edition (unseen), $27.50. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Early Christian & Byzantine Art
Author: John Lowden
Publisher: Phaidon Press
ISBN: 9780714831688
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
An authoritative account of early Christian and Byzantine art.
Publisher: Phaidon Press
ISBN: 9780714831688
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
An authoritative account of early Christian and Byzantine art.
The Blessings of Pilgrimage
Author: Robert G. Ousterhout
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Byzantium and Islam
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394573
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This magnificent volume explores the epochal transformations and unexpected continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the 7th to the 9th century. At the beginning of the 7th century, the Empire's southern provinces, the vibrant, diverse areas of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean, were at the crossroads of exchanges reaching from Spain to China. These regions experienced historic upheavals when their Christian and Jewish communities encountered the emerging Islamic world, and by the 9th century, an unprecedented cross- fertilization of cultures had taken place. This extraordinary age is brought vividly to life in insightful contributions by leading international scholars, accompanied by sumptuous illustrations of the period's most notable arts and artifacts. Resplendent images of authority, religion, and trade—embodied in precious metals, brilliant textiles, fine ivories, elaborate mosaics, manuscripts, and icons, many of them never before published— highlight the dynamic dialogue between the rich array of Byzantine styles and the newly forming Islamic aesthetic. With its masterful exploration of two centuries that would shape the emerging medieval world, this illuminating publication provides a unique interpretation of a period that still resonates today.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394573
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This magnificent volume explores the epochal transformations and unexpected continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the 7th to the 9th century. At the beginning of the 7th century, the Empire's southern provinces, the vibrant, diverse areas of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean, were at the crossroads of exchanges reaching from Spain to China. These regions experienced historic upheavals when their Christian and Jewish communities encountered the emerging Islamic world, and by the 9th century, an unprecedented cross- fertilization of cultures had taken place. This extraordinary age is brought vividly to life in insightful contributions by leading international scholars, accompanied by sumptuous illustrations of the period's most notable arts and artifacts. Resplendent images of authority, religion, and trade—embodied in precious metals, brilliant textiles, fine ivories, elaborate mosaics, manuscripts, and icons, many of them never before published— highlight the dynamic dialogue between the rich array of Byzantine styles and the newly forming Islamic aesthetic. With its masterful exploration of two centuries that would shape the emerging medieval world, this illuminating publication provides a unique interpretation of a period that still resonates today.
Sacred Images and Sacred Power in Byzantium
Author: Gary Vikan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040245900
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
In these studies Gary Vikan has opened new perspectives on the daily life and material culture of Late Antiquity - more specifically, on icons and relics, and on objects revealing of the world of pilgrimage, the early cult of saints, and marriage. He contextualizes these familiar categories of object in the patterns of belief and ritual extracted from contemporary texts and the objects themselves, in order to understand their meaning within the everyday lives of those by whom and for whom they were made. The studies give a nuanced delineation of the inherently ambiguous boundary between conventional religion and magic, noting repeatedly those instances wherein the two are invoked in the same breath (and by way of the same art object), toward the same end. From this historically constructed matrix of art, belief, and ritual, the author derives an anthropologically defined paradigm of charisma and pilgrimage (applied in one essay, as an intriguing parallel, to deconstructing the world of a contemporary secular "saint," Elvis Presley).
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040245900
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
In these studies Gary Vikan has opened new perspectives on the daily life and material culture of Late Antiquity - more specifically, on icons and relics, and on objects revealing of the world of pilgrimage, the early cult of saints, and marriage. He contextualizes these familiar categories of object in the patterns of belief and ritual extracted from contemporary texts and the objects themselves, in order to understand their meaning within the everyday lives of those by whom and for whom they were made. The studies give a nuanced delineation of the inherently ambiguous boundary between conventional religion and magic, noting repeatedly those instances wherein the two are invoked in the same breath (and by way of the same art object), toward the same end. From this historically constructed matrix of art, belief, and ritual, the author derives an anthropologically defined paradigm of charisma and pilgrimage (applied in one essay, as an intriguing parallel, to deconstructing the world of a contemporary secular "saint," Elvis Presley).