Byzantine Iconography
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Author | : Milagros Blanco |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-02 |
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ISBN | : 9781419681295 |
The Byzantine Iconography book, highlights the development of iconography through the ages, and its spiritual connotations. The particular elements of the Byzantine style are described as well as the characteristic method of presenting perspective and color application to create tridimensional effects. Some of the oldest and best known icons are shown; and how latter painters rendered the prototype maintaining the identity of the original subject. Insight on the multiple factors allows the reader to reach a deeper understanding of this rich artistic style, of increasing popularity. The second part of the book is a painter's manual with detailed instructions on the several steps required to paint icons, including how to prepare the gesso board, transfer of image, application of multiple color layers and application of gold leaf backgrounds.
Author | : Robin Cormack |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0198778791 |
A beautifully illustrated, new edition of the best single-volume guide to Byzantine art, providing an introduction to the whole period and range of styles.
Author | : Constantine Cavarnos |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Art, Byzantine |
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Author | : Bissera V |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0271035846 |
"Explores the Byzantine aesthetic of fugitive appearances by placing and filming art objects in spaces of changing light, and by uncovering the shifting appearances expressed in poetry, descriptions of art, and liturgical performance"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Saint John (of Damascus) |
Publisher | : St Vladimir's Seminary Press |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780881412451 |
In AD 726, the Byzantine emperor ordered the destruction of all icons, or religious images, throughout the empire, and icons were subject to an imperial ban that was to last, with a brief remission, until AD 843. A defender of icons, St John of Damascus wrote three treatises against "those who attack the holy images." He differentiates between the veneration of icons, which is a matter of expressing honor, and idolatry, which is offering worship to something other than God.
Author | : Maria G. Parani |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 720 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789004124622 |
This examination of realia in Byzantine religious painting provides valuable information on Byzantine dress, household effects and implements, while introducing at the same time an alternative, literally 'objective', approach to the study of the formative processes of Byzantine art.
Author | : Anita Strezova |
Publisher | : ANU Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2014-09-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1925021858 |
“Although many of the iconographic traditions in Byzantine art formed in the early centuries of Christianity, they were not petrified within a time warp. Subtle changes and refinements in Byzantine theology did find reflection in changes to the iconographic and stylistic conventions of Byzantine art. This is a brilliant and innovative book in which Dr Anita Strezova argues that a religious movement called Hesychasm, especially as espoused by the great Athonite monk St Gregory Palamas, had a profound impact on the iconography and style of Byzantine art, including that of the Slav diaspora, of the late Byzantine period. While many have been attracted to speculate on such a connection, none until now has embarked on proving such a nexus. The main stumbling blocks have included the need for a comprehensive knowledge of Byzantine theology; a training in art history, especially iconological, semiotic and formalist methodologies; extensive fieldwork in Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Turkey and Russia, and a working knowledge of Greek, Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Latin as well as several modern European languages, French, German, Russian and Italian. These are some of the skills which Dr Strezova has brought to her topic.” Professor Sasha Grishin AM, FAHA Adjunct Professor of Art History School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics The Australian National University
Author | : Katherine Leigh Marsengill |
Publisher | : Brepols Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Art, Byzantine |
ISBN | : 9782503544045 |
This title examines the parallel phenomena of portraits and icons, and spans from late antiquity through the end of the Byzantine period. Engaging a wide range of material, it addresses prevalent and persistent themes in the creation of a distinctly Christianized portraiture while analyzing the cultural and theological perceptions in place that guided its reception. Christian Rome inherited its traditions and beliefs regarding portraiture from antiquity, especially in terms of its ritual and religious functions. Though certainly altered for its new Christian context, these perceptions did not disappear altogether. Various texts and images survive that allow us to imagine a world where sacred and secular art intermingled, and portraits of Christ and the saints, emperors, bishops, and holy men existed side by side in visual messages of power and hierarchal authority
Author | : Marie-José Mondzain |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780804741019 |
This book argues that the extraordinary force of the image in contemporary life?the contemporary imaginary?can be traced back to the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries.
Author | : Anthony Cutler |
Publisher | : Penn State University Press |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Art |
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In this investigation of three well-known motifs of Byzantine art the author establishes a relationship between changes of formal detail and varied contexts of meaning. Although the motifs studied occur throughout the thousand years of Byzantine history, they are seen not as static indicators of significance but as expressing changing aspects of meaning through modification of the details of form or composition. these changes of form are shown to be previously unconsidered aspects of iconography. Rather than investigating the classical or Early Christian origins of these motifs as is traditional in most scholarship, Dr. Cutler focuses on their adaptation to varying iconographical requirements and relates these changes to the shifting religious and political history of Byzantium. In illustrating this thesis, the author draws on a wide range of examples in mosaic, wall painting, manuscript illumination, and coins and controls his analysis by reference to Byzantine historical and theological literature. The result is a new understanding of major elements of Byzantine art and creativity and a method of approach widely applicable to other aspects of both Eastern and Western medieval iconography.