Byzantine Things in the World

Informationen zum Autor Glenn Peers is a professor of early medieval and Byzantine art at the University of Texas at Austin. Klappentext "Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Byzantine Things in the World' curated by Glenn Peers, the Menil Collection, Houston, May 3, 2013-August 18, 2013"--Colophon. Zusammenfassung How did Byzantine culture understand its own objects we now call "art"? This book proposes that they saw and experienced clay pilgrim tokens! relief stamps! and icons of saints as dynamic and fully capable of affecting the world.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Charles Barber, Barber Charles, Glenn Peers, Glenn Peers
• Con la collaborazione di: Glenn Peers (Editore)
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.06.2013
• EAN: 9780300191783
• ISBN: 978-0-300-19178-3
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: Menil Collection
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte