دانلود کتاب Epigram, Art And Devotion In Later Byzantium 2016 edition 1

This book explores the relationship between art, personal piety, and self-representation in the last centuries of Byzantium. The period spans from about 1100 to about 1450, and it focuses on evidence of poetic inscriptions, or short poems, on artwork. Professor Derbic argues that Epigrammatic poetry constitutes a critical - if largely neglected - source for reconstructing the aesthetic, social, and cultural discourses that informed the making, use, and perception of art in the Byzantine world. Bringing together artistic, historical, and literary styles for analysis, the book examines short writings and other related texts along with a range of objects, including icons, storerooms, ecclesiastical tapestries, mosaics, and entire church buildings. By attending to topics as diverse as devotional self-formation, ornamental aesthetics, sacred giving, and icon evokedness, this study presents a highly penetrating and original account of Byzantine art and its place in Byzantine society and religious life.