Rhetoric, nature and magic in Byzantine art / Henry Maguire.
Rhetoric, nature and magic in Byzantine art / Henry Maguire.
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Brookfield, VT : Ashgate, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N709.0214/2
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English
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xiii, [314] p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Ekphrasis. I. Truth and Convention in Byzantine Descriptions of Works of Art. II. Originality in Byzantine Art Criticism -- Early Christian and Early Byzantine: Art. III. The 'Half Cone' Vault of St. Stephen at Gaza. IV. Adam and the Animals: Allegory and the Literal Sense in Early Christian Art. V....
XV. The Self-Conscious Angel: Character Study in Byzantine Paintings of the Annunciation. XVI. A Description of the Aretai Palace and its Garden. XVII. The Beauty of Castles: a Tenth-Century Description of a Tower at Constantinople. XVIII. Imperial Gardens and the Rhetoric of Renewal.
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Publisher
Brookfield, VT : Ashgate, 1998.
Place of Publication
Vermont
Date Published
1998.
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Rhetoric, nature and magic in Byzantine art / Henry Maguire.
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Variorum collected studies series ; CS603.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N709.0214/2
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74VvE6eJ3PdM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvE6eJ3PdM
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086078634X (alk paper)
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709.0214
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991011573979702626
