Author : Antony Robert Littlewood
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780946897872
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (978 download)
Book Synopsis Originality in Byzantine Literature, Art and Music by : Antony Robert Littlewood
Download or read book Originality in Byzantine Literature, Art and Music written by Antony Robert Littlewood and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 1995 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emperor Julian once claimed that of all things innovation was what he most abhored; the fifteen papers collected in this volume attempt to reveal various strands of innovation in Byzantine arts. Contributors include: A Kazhdan (Innovation in Byzantium); R Browning (Tradition and originality in literary criticism and scholarship); G Kustas (Rhetoric and the Holy Spirit); M Mullett (Originality in the Byzantine letter); S Runciman (Historiography); M Cunningham (Innovation or mimesis in Byzantine sermons); R Beaton (Epic and romance in the 12th century); E Fisher (The Greek version of Ovid's Amatory Poems); H Maguire (Originality in Byzantine art criticism); A W Carr (Originality and the icon); T Gouma-Peterson (Originality in Byzantine religious paitings); L Brubaker (Originality in Byzantine manuscript illsutration); R Ousterhout (Beyond Hagia Sophia); M Velimirovic (Originality and innovation in Byzantine music); A Cutler (Originality as a cultural phenomenon).