The sensual icon : space, ritual, and the senses in Byzantium /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pentcheva, Bissera V.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]
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Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:xiv, 327 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780271035840 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271035846 (cloth : alk. paper)