Epigram, Art, and Devotion in Later Byzantium

Using epigrammatic poetry as a framework, investigates the interplay between art and religious devotion in the later Byzantine period.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. From composition to performance: epigrams in context; 2. The patron's 'I'; 3. Kosmos; 4. Golden words; 5. Devotional gifts; 6. The erotics of devotion; 7. Image of the Beloved; Conclusion.

About the author

Ivan Drpić is Assistant Professor of Byzantine and Western Medieval Art History at the University of Washington. His articles have appeared in Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Speculum, Word and Image, and Zograf. His research interests include the nexus of aesthetics, anthropology, and religion; the relationship between the verbal and the visual; the materiality and agency of art; and the cultural interactions between Byzantium and the Slavic world.

Summary

Explores the nexus of art, personal piety, and self-representation in the last centuries of Byzantium, focusing upon the evidence of verse inscriptions, or epigrams, on works of art. Offers a penetrating and highly original account of Byzantine art and its place in Byzantine society and religious life.

Product details

• Authors: Ivan Drpi¿, Ivan Drpic, Ivan (University of Washington) Drpic, Drpic Ivan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781316606094
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60609-4
• No. of pages: 530
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, Medieval History, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Medieval style, ART / History / European / Medieval