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Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Aesthetic Experience

Author : Nadine Schibille
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317124154
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Aesthetic Experience by : Nadine Schibille

Download or read book Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Aesthetic Experience written by Nadine Schibille and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paramount in the shaping of early Byzantine identity was the construction of the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (532-537 CE). This book examines the edifice from the perspective of aesthetics to define the concept of beauty and the meaning of art in early Byzantium. Byzantine aesthetic thought is re-evaluated against late antique Neoplatonism and the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius that offer fundamental paradigms for the late antique attitude towards art and beauty. These metaphysical concepts of aesthetics are ultimately grounded in experiences of sensation and perception, and reflect the ways in which the world and reality were perceived and grasped, signifying the cultural identity of early Byzantium. There are different types of aesthetic data, those present in the aesthetic object and those found in aesthetic responses to the object. This study looks at the aesthetic data embodied in the sixth-century architectural structure and interior decoration of Hagia Sophia as well as in literary responses (ekphrasis) to the building. The purpose of the Byzantine ekphrasis was to convey by verbal means the same effects that the artefact itself would have caused. A literary analysis of these rhetorical descriptions recaptures the Byzantine perception and expectations, and at the same time reveals the cognitive processes triggered by the Great Church. The central aesthetic feature that emerges from sixth-century ekphraseis of Hagia Sophia is that of light. Light is described as the decisive element in the experience of the sacred space and light is simultaneously associated with the notion of wisdom. It is argued that the concepts of light and wisdom are interwoven programmatic elements that underlie the unique architecture and non-figurative decoration of Hagia Sophia. A similar concern for the phenomenon of light and its epistemological dimension is reflected in other contemporary monuments, testifying to the pervasiveness of these aesthetic values in early Byzantium.

Byzantine Aesthetics

Author : Gervase Mathew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Byzantine Aesthetics written by Gervase Mathew and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes Byzantine standards of beauty by relating them to changes in Byzantine civilization.

Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Aesthetic Experience

Author : Nadine Schibille
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317124146
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Aesthetic Experience by : Nadine Schibille

Download or read book Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Aesthetic Experience written by Nadine Schibille and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paramount in the shaping of early Byzantine identity was the construction of the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (532-537 CE). This book examines the edifice from the perspective of aesthetics to define the concept of beauty and the meaning of art in early Byzantium. Byzantine aesthetic thought is re-evaluated against late antique Neoplatonism and the writings of Pseudo-Dionysius that offer fundamental paradigms for the late antique attitude towards art and beauty. These metaphysical concepts of aesthetics are ultimately grounded in experiences of sensation and perception, and reflect the ways in which the world and reality were perceived and grasped, signifying the cultural identity of early Byzantium. There are different types of aesthetic data, those present in the aesthetic object and those found in aesthetic responses to the object. This study looks at the aesthetic data embodied in the sixth-century architectural structure and interior decoration of Hagia Sophia as well as in literary responses (ekphrasis) to the building. The purpose of the Byzantine ekphrasis was to convey by verbal means the same effects that the artefact itself would have caused. A literary analysis of these rhetorical descriptions recaptures the Byzantine perception and expectations, and at the same time reveals the cognitive processes triggered by the Great Church. The central aesthetic feature that emerges from sixth-century ekphraseis of Hagia Sophia is that of light. Light is described as the decisive element in the experience of the sacred space and light is simultaneously associated with the notion of wisdom. It is argued that the concepts of light and wisdom are interwoven programmatic elements that underlie the unique architecture and non-figurative decoration of Hagia Sophia. A similar concern for the phenomenon of light and its epistemological dimension is reflected in other contemporary monuments, testifying to the pervasiveness of these aesthetic values in early Byzantium.

Aesthetics and Theurgy in Byzantium

Author : Sergei Mariev
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 1614512612
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (145 download)

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Book Synopsis Aesthetics and Theurgy in Byzantium by : Sergei Mariev

Download or read book Aesthetics and Theurgy in Byzantium written by Sergei Mariev and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The general scope of the present volume is to present a variety of approaches and topics within the growing field of research on Byzantine aesthetics. Theurgy in Neoplatonic and Christian contexts is represented by the contributions of W.-M. Stock and L. Bergemann; theories of beauty are at the centre of interest of the papers by S. Mariev and M. Marchetto. A. Pizzone approaches Byzantine aesthetics by looking for aesthetic experience in the literary texts, while the remaining contributions explore issues related to the iconoclast controversy: An important moment in the development of Byzantine philosophy on the eve of iconoclasm is the primary interest of A. del Campo Echevarría, who looks at the question of universals in John of Damaskos. The relationship between image and text in Byzantine illustrated manuscripts occupies the attention of B. Crostini. D. Afinogenov explores from a philological perspective the fate of important iconophile terminology in Old Bulgarian, while L. Lukhovitskij reconstructs from historical and philological perspectives the historical memory of the iconoclast controversy during the Late Byzantine Period.

Michael Psellos on Literature and Art

Author : Michael Psellos
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268100519
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)

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Download or read book Michael Psellos on Literature and Art written by Michael Psellos and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2017-04-30 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ambition of Michael Psellos on Literature and Art is to illustrate an important chapter in the history of Greek literary and art criticism and introduce precisely this aspect of Psellian writing to a wider public.

The sensual icon

Author : Bissera V
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271035846
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The sensual icon written by Bissera V and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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"--Provided by publisher.

Medieval Aesthetics

Author : C. Barrett
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110808226
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Medieval Aesthetics by : C. Barrett

Download or read book Medieval Aesthetics written by C. Barrett and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three volume set is a comprehensive account of the development of European aesthetics from the time of the ancient Greeks to the 1700s. This second volume focuses on eastern and western aesthetics in the Middle Ages.

Sources for Byzantine Art History: Volume 3, The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (1081–c.1350)

Author : Foteini Spingou
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108643906
Total Pages : 1683 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Book Synopsis Sources for Byzantine Art History: Volume 3, The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (1081–c.1350) by : Foteini Spingou

Download or read book Sources for Byzantine Art History: Volume 3, The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (1081–c.1350) written by Foteini Spingou and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 1683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the beauty and meaning of Byzantine art and its aesthetics are for the first time made accessible through the original sources. More than 150 medieval texts are translated from nine medieval languages into English, with commentaries from over seventy leading scholars. These include theories of art, discussions of patronage and understandings of iconography, practical recipes for artistic supplies, expressions of devotion, and descriptions of cities. The volume reveals the cultural plurality and the interconnectivity of medieval Europe and the Mediterranean from the late eleventh to the early fourteenth centuries. The first part uncovers salient aspects of Byzantine artistic production and its aesthetic reception, while the second puts a spotlight on particular ways of expressing admiration and of interpreting of the visual.

Byzantine Aesthetics and the Concept of Symmetry

Author : Michael Selzer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Byzantine Aesthetics and the Concept of Symmetry written by Michael Selzer and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-12 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical examination of the prevailing assumption that ""Symmetry was an abiding principle of Byzantine composition" (Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium) leads the author to significant new insights about the art and architecture of Byzantium.

Byzantine Holy Images

Author : Anne Karahan
Publisher : Peeters
ISBN 13 : 9789042920804
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Byzantine Holy Images written by Anne Karahan and published by Peeters. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patristic thinking is the bedrock of the uniformity of Byzantine culture, legitimization of image use in the Eastern Church, as well as Byzantine aesthetics, Karahan argues. The synergy in Late Byzantine holy images of "meta-images" for God's inexplicability, and elaborated dramatized narration for God's immanence epitomize orthodox tradition in general, and in particular fourth-century Cappadocian modes and models of thought on Christology, trinitarian theology and the Theotokos. The incomprehensible, uncircumscribed invisible Trinity, and the comprehensible God-man born of the Theotokos, circumscribed in flesh but not in divinity is a one-God reality of transcendent ontology and actions in the world of the two-natured image of God, Christ. Explanations in words or in images cannot ignore these orthodox axioms without turning into false images or heretic idols. This book explores why and how the idiosyncratic use of color, form, kinetics, light, and brilliance in Late Byzantine aesthetics concur with the tradition of the Fathers. How narration in image as well as literature is orthodoxos, 'of right belief, orthodox'.

The Aesthetic Purpose of Byzantine Architecture and Other Essays

Author : C. de Soissons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Aesthetic Purpose of Byzantine Architecture and Other Essays written by C. de Soissons and published by . This book was released on 1814* with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy

Author : Henrik Lagerlund
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 140209728X
Total Pages : 1448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy by : Henrik Lagerlund

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy written by Henrik Lagerlund and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 1448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first reference ever devoted to medieval philosophy. It covers all areas of the field from 500-1500 including philosophers, philosophies, key terms and concepts. It also provides analyses of particular theories plus cultural and social contexts.

Hesychasm and Art

Author : Anita Strezova
Publisher : ANU Press
ISBN 13 : 1925021858
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Hesychasm and Art written by Anita Strezova and published by ANU Press. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Although many of the iconographic traditions in Byzantine art formed in the early centuries of Christianity, they were not petrified within a time warp. Subtle changes and refinements in Byzantine theology did find reflection in changes to the iconographic and stylistic conventions of Byzantine art. This is a brilliant and innovative book in which Dr Anita Strezova argues that a religious movement called Hesychasm, especially as espoused by the great Athonite monk St Gregory Palamas, had a profound impact on the iconography and style of Byzantine art, including that of the Slav diaspora, of the late Byzantine period. While many have been attracted to speculate on such a connection, none until now has embarked on proving such a nexus. The main stumbling blocks have included the need for a comprehensive knowledge of Byzantine theology; a training in art history, especially iconological, semiotic and formalist methodologies; extensive fieldwork in Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Turkey and Russia, and a working knowledge of Greek, Old Church Slavonic, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Latin as well as several modern European languages, French, German, Russian and Italian. These are some of the skills which Dr Strezova has brought to her topic.” Professor Sasha Grishin AM, FAHA Adjunct Professor of Art History School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics The Australian National University

An Aesthetic Approach to Byzantine Art

Author : Panagiōtēs Andreou Michelēs
Publisher : London, Batsford
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book An Aesthetic Approach to Byzantine Art written by Panagiōtēs Andreou Michelēs and published by London, Batsford. This book was released on 1964 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Aesthetic Purpose of Byzantine Architecture, and Other Essays

Author : Count De Soissons
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021942098
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Aesthetic Purpose of Byzantine Architecture, and Other Essays written by Count De Soissons and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic work of art criticism from one of the leading authorities on Byzantine art and architecture. This collection of essays offers a penetrating analysis of the aesthetic purpose of Byzantine architecture, as well as insightful commentary on topics ranging from medieval art to the philosophy of aesthetics. With a foreword by renowned art historian Ernst Kitzinger, this book is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history and theory of art. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Beauty and the Male Body in Byzantium

Author : M. Hatzaki
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230245307
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Beauty and the Male Body in Byzantium written by M. Hatzaki and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A neglected aspect of Byzantium, physical beauty appears as a quality with an unmistakable dark side, relating ambiguously to notions of power, goodness, evil, masculinity, effeminacy, life and death. Examined as an attribute of the human and, in particular, of the male body, this study of beauty refines our understanding of the Byzantine world.

A Lost Art Rediscovered

Author : Sharon E. J. Gerstel
Publisher : Penn State University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Lost Art Rediscovered written by Sharon E. J. Gerstel and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Lost Art Rediscovered includes a fully illustrated catalogue of all known tiles produced in the region of Constantinople, including the substantial collection owned by the Walters Art Museum, as well as those belonging to museums and private collections around the world. Some tiles included in the catalogue are now lost; the discovery of others is reported here for the first time. A series of scholarly essays gives the ceramics their rightful place in the study of Byzantine art and treats aspects of patronage, manufacture, function, ornament, and cultural significance. This comprehensive publication heralds the first large-scale, permanent installation of the Byzantine tiles in the collection of the Walters Art Museum. Book jacket.