Sources for Byzantine Art History: Volume 3, The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (1081c.1350)
Sources for Byzantine Art History: Volume 3, The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (1081c.1350)
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Presents 150 original medieval sources for Byzantine visual culture, accompanied by commentaries from over fifty leading scholars. An essential handbook for the study of medieval Europe and the Mediterranean, for both students and advanced researchers of the pre-modern world.
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Sources for Byzantine Art History: Volume 3, The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (1081c.1350) by Foteini Spingou
In this book the beauty and meaning of Byzantine art and its aesthetics are for the first time made accessible through the original sources. More than 150 medieval texts are translated from nine medieval languages into English, with commentaries from over seventy leading scholars. These include theories of art, discussions of patronage and understandings of iconography, practical recipes for artistic supplies, expressions of devotion, and descriptions of cities. The volume reveals the cultural plurality and the interconnectivity of medieval Europe and the Mediterranean from the late eleventh to the early fourteenth centuries. The first part uncovers salient aspects of Byzantine artistic production and its aesthetic reception, while the second puts a spotlight on particular ways of expressing admiration and of interpreting of the visual.
'… an impressive amount of work for any single scholar, even more so for someone in their early career, and therefore Spingou deserves to be praisedScholars and students active in many fields have gained a useful sourcebook both to prepare classes and gather ideas in order to push forward the research on medieval visual culture.' Ugo Mondini, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Foteini Spingou is a Research Associate in Byzantine Intellectual/Cultural History at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of a monograph on twelfth-century Byzantine poetry (forthcoming) and has penned numerous articles on collections, cultural memory, reciprocity and patronage, manuscripts, and mathematics in the medieval Europe.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781108483056 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108483054 |
| Title | Sources for Byzantine Art History: Volume 3, The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (1081c.1350) |
| Author | Foteini Spingou |
| Series | Sources For Byzantine Art History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2022-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 1718 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |