Architecture as icon
perception and representation of architecture in Byzantine art
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Author
Contributions
- Chatzētryphōnos, Euangelia - Contributor
- McVey, Kathleen E., 1944- - Contributor
- Saradi, Hélène - Contributor
Publication
2010 - Distributed by Yale University, Princeton, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
84,000 words, Guess
Page Count
336 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24545219M
- ISBN-139780300122114
- ISBN-10030012211X
- OCLC Control Number449853710
- OCLC Control Number601350235
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2010920679
Classifications
- LCCN6250 .C973 2010
- LCCN6250.C973 2010
Description
"Byzantine art abandoned classical ideals in favor of formulas that conveyed spiritual concepts through stylized physical forms. Previous scholarship dealing with Byzantine icons has been largely focused on depictions of holy figures, dismissing representations of architecture as irrelevant space-filling background. Architecture as Icon demonstrates that background representations of architecture are meaningful, active components of compositions, often as significant as the holy figures. The book provides a critical view for understanding the Byzantine conception of architectural forms and space and the corresponding intellectual underpinnings of their representation."--Page [2]of cover.
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