Fountains and Water Culture in Byzantium

Klappentext This collection explores the ancient fountains of Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul, reviving the senses of past water cultures. Zusammenfassung This collection restores the fountains of Roman Byzantium! Byzantine Constantinople and Ottoman Istanbul! reviving the sounds! shapes! smells and sights of past water cultures. Experts in the history of art and culture! archaeology and theology! and poetry and prose! offer reflections on water and fountains across two millennia in one location. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Brooke Shilling and Paul Stephenson; 1. Where do we go now? The archaeology of monumental fountains in the Roman and early Byzantine East Julian Richard; 2. Monumental waterworks in Late Antique Constantinople Paul Stephenson and Ragnar Hedlund; 3. Fistulae and water fraud in Late Antique Constantinople Gerda de Kleijn; 4. The Silahtaräa statues in context Brenda Longfellow; 5. The bronze goose from the hippodrome Rowena Loverance; 6. The serpent column fountain Paul Stephenson; 7. The culture of water in the 'Macedonian Renaissance' Paul Magdalino; 8. When bath became church: spatial fusion in Late Antique Constantinople and beyond Jesper Blid Kullberg; 9. Zoomorphic rainwater spouts Philipp Niewöhner; 10. Spouts and finials defining fountains by giving water shape and sound Eunice Dauterman Maguire; 11. Fountains of paradise in early Byzantine art, homilies, and hymns Brooke Shilling; 12. Where did the waters of paradise go after iconoclasm? Henry Maguire; 13. 'Rejoice, Spring.' The Theotokos as a fountain in the liturgical practice of Byzantine hymnography Helena Bodin; 14. Words, water, and power: literary fountains and metaphors of patronage in eleventh- and twelfth-century Byzantium Ingela Nilsson; 15. Ancient water in fictional fountains: waterworks in Byzantine novels and romances Terése Nilsson; 16. The shrine of the Theotokos at the Pege Isabel Kimmelfield; 17. A dome for the water: canopied fountains and cypress trees in Byzantine and early Ottoman Constantinople Federica Broilo; 18. Sinan's ablution fountains Johan Mårtelius....

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Brooke Shilling, Brooke (University of Lincoln) Stephenso Shilling, Brooke Stephenson Shilling
• Con la collaborazione di: Brooke Shilling (Editore), Brooke (University of Lincoln) Shilling (Editore), Shilling Brooke (Editore), Paul Stephenson (Editore), Paul (University of Lincoln) Stephenson (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 13.10.2016
• EAN: 9781107105997
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10599-7
• Pagine: 406
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; ART / History / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, ART / Sculpture & Installation, HISTORY / Byzantine Empire, sculpture, History of Art, Social and cultural history, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Byzantine Empire