Nectar and Illusion: Nature in Byzantine Art and Literature
(Part of the Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture Series)
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Nature and Illusion is the first extended treatment of the portrayal of nature in Byzantine art and literature. In this richly illustrated study, Henry Maguire shows how the Byzantines embraced terrestrial creation in the decoration of their churches during the fifth to seventh centuries but then adopted a much more cautious attitude toward the depiction of animals and plants in the middle ages, after the iconoclastic dispute of the eighth and ninth...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199766606
ISBN13:9780199766604
Release Date:August 2012
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:236 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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