• Image, Epigram, and Nature in Middle Byzantine Personal Devotion

    Author(s):
    Brad Hostetler (see profile)
    Date:
    2017
    Subject(s):
    Art, Byzantine, Inscriptions
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/7d7k-6g74
    Abstract:
    In Nectar and Illusion, Henry Maguire examines Byzantium's ambiguous relationship with nature in both art and literature. He demonstrates that after Iconoclasm, visual representations of the terrestrial world displayed in public settings were in "a constant tension between acceptance and denial," but "tended to flourish most abundantly in relatively inconspicuous locations," such as on small private objects. I build upon Maguire's work by examining the ways in which nature was invoked, represented, and utilized through epigrams, images, and materials in personal devotional contexts in the Middle Byzantine period.
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    Publisher:
    Routledge
    Pub. Date:
    2017
    Book Title:
    Natural Materials of the Holy Land and the Visual Translation of Place, 500-1500
    Author/Editor:
    Renana Bartal, Neta Bodner, and Bianca Kühnel
    Chapter:
    Image, Epigram, and Nature in Middle Byzantine Personal Devotion
    Page Range:
    172 - 189
    ISBN:
    9781351809283
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    3 months ago
    License:
    All Rights Reserved
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