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Epigram, Art, and Devotion in Later Byzantium

by Ivan Drpic (university Of Washington)

  • Hardback
  • 400 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 17.8 x 24.9 x 3.1 cm

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This book explores the nexus of art, personal piety, and self-representation in the last centuries of Byzantium. Spanning the period from around 1100 to around 1450, it focuses upon the evidence of verse inscriptions, or epigrams, on works of art. Epigrammatic poetry, Professor Drpic argues, constitutes a critical - if largely neglected - source for reconstructing aesthetic and socio-cultural discourses that informed the making, use, and perception of art in the Byzantine world. Bringing together art-historical and literary modes of analysis, the book examines epigrams and other related texts alongside an array of objects, including icons, reliquaries, ecclesiastical textiles, mosaics, and entire church buildings. By attending to such diverse topics as devotional self-fashioning, the aesthetics of adornment, sacred giving, and the erotics of the icon, this study offers a penetrating and highly original account of Byzantine art and its place in Byzantine society and religious life.
Epigram, Art, and Devotion in Later Byzantium and Epigram, Art, And Devotion In Later Byzantium
Epigram, Art, And Devotion In Later ByzantiumEpigram, Art, and Devotion in Later Byzantium

  • Author

    Ivan Drpic (university Of Washington)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2016

  • Weight

    1064g

  • Page Count

    400

  • Dimensions

    17.8 x 24.9 x 3.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107151512

  • ISBN-10

    1107151511

  • Eden Code

    4451913

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