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.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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University Park :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2010]
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| 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. |
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| 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) |