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The material and the ideal : essays in medieval art and archaeology in honour of Jean-Michel Spieser / edited by Anthony Cutler and Arietta Papaconstantinou.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks N7850 .M38 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Medieval Mediterranean 0928-5520 ; v. 70.
- The medieval Mediterranean, 0928-5520 ; v. 70
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Christian art and symbolism--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Christian art and symbolism--Medieval.
- Art, Medieval.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- 240 pages, 55 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
- Language Note:
- Contributions in English, French, or German.
- Summary:
- Reflecting the diverse interests of Jean-Michel Spieser, his colleagues, students and friends contribute papers focused on topics ranging from the changing role of the apse and the layout of late antique basilicas to holy relics said to have been brought from Constantinople. Many of the articles address the nature and impact of specific media - goldsmiths' work, ivory and ceramics - while a group of highly original, broader studies is devoted to such larger issues as ritual display in the tenth century, the metaphorical significance of pottery and an interrogation of the supposed influence of Byzantine icons on Western medieval art. Throughout, the achievement of the authors is to move from concrete observations of particular objects to the larger meaning they held for those who commissioned and made use of them.
- Contents:
- The Material and the Ideal: An Introduction / Anthony Cutler 1
- Publications / Jean-Michel Spieser 9
- Zur Apsis als Bildort / Beat Brenk 15
- Divine or Human? Some Remarks on the Design and Layout of Late Antique Basilicas / Arietta Papaconstantinou 31
- Urban and Rural Funerary Practices in Early Medieval Illyricum. Some General Considerations / Etleva Nallbani 47
- L'orfevre et l'architecte: autour d'un groupe d'edifices constantinopolitains du VIe siecle / Brigitte Pitarakis 63
- [characters not reproducible]: Display in Court Ceremonial (De Cerimoniis II, 15) / Jeffrey Featherstone 75
- A Recently Discovered Ivory of St. Ignatios and the Lions / Anthony Cutler, Nancy Patterson Sevcenko 113
- Le nouvel ordre du monde ou l'image du cosmos a Lesnovo / Ivana Jevtic 129
- The Sacred Vessel and the Measure of a Man / Sharon E.J. Gerstel 149
- On the Personal Life of Objects in Medieval Byzantium / Maria Parani 157
- Des potiers de Nicee aux faienciers d'Iznik: tradition maintenue ou fausse continuite? / Veronique Francois 177
- Un tetraevangile provincial d'origine syro-palestinienne: Florence, Bibliotheque Laurentienne Conv. Soppr. gr. 160 / Elisabeth Yota 189
- Une pretendue relique de Constantinople: la "Veronique" de Corbie / Jannic Durand 205
- A propos des influences byzantines sur l'art du Moyen Age occidental / Jean Wirth 219.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004162860
- 9789004162860
- OCLC:
- 181072651
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