The Icons of Their Bodies: Saints and Their Images in Byzantium
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The Byzantines surrounded themselves with their saints, invisible but constant companions, who were made visible by dreams, visions, and art. The composition and presentation of this imagined gallery followed a logical structure, a construct that was itself a collective work of art created by Byzantine society. The purpose of this book is to analyze the logic of the saint's image in Byzantium, both in portraits and in narrative scenes. Here Henry...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0691050074
ISBN13:9780691050072
Release Date:May 2000
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 7.5" x 10.0"
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