The Twilight of Byzantium : aspects of cultural and religious history in the late Byzantine Empire : papers from the colloquium held at Princeton University, 8-9 May 1989 / edited by Slobodan Curcic and Doula Mouriki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ćurčić, Slobodan, editor.

Mouriki, Doula, editor.

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Princeton Legacy Library ; 5432

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts, Byzantine--Congresses.

Arts, Byzantine.

Byzantine Empire--Civilization--Congresses.

Byzantine Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 281 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University, [1991]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The centuries-long economic and military decline of the Byznatine Empire, which culminated in its political disappearance as a state in 1459, was, paradoxically, accompanied by high levels of cultural achievement. Aimed at broadening our understanding of the final phase of the empire, this collection explores how Byzantine ideological, spiritual, and artistic traditions transcending the economic and political realities of the time. The papers, delivered at an interdisciplinary colloquium held in May 1989 at Princeton University, deal with hagiographic, monastic, literary, architectural, and artistic questions, as well as the general cultural and social issues, of this fascinating period.Along with the editors, the contributors are Smilkjka Gabelic, Thalia Gouma-Peterson, Angela Hero, Robert Ousterhout, Marcus Rautman, Steven Reinert, Alice Mary Talbot, SPeros Vryonis, and John J. Yiannias.Slobodan Curcic is Professor of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University. Doula Mouriki teaches at the Technical University of Athens.Publications of the Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University.Originally published in 1991.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword

Notes on Contributors

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

Introduction

Byzantine Cultural Self-Consciousness in the Fifteenth Century / Vryonis, Speros

Old Wine in New Bottles: The Rewriting of Saints' Lives in the Palaeologan Period / Talbot, Alice-Mary

Theoleptos of Philadelphia (ca. 1250-1322): From Solitary to Activist / Hero, Angela Constantinides

Manuel II Palaeologos and His Müderris / Reinert, Stephen W.

Aspects of Monastic Patronage in Palaeologan Macedonia / Rautman, Marcus

Constantinople, Bithynia, and Regional Developments in Later Palaeologan Architecture / Ousterhout, Robert

The Frescoes of the Parekklesion of St. Euthymios in Thessaloniki: Patrons, Workshops and Style / Gouma-Peterson, Thalia

The Palaeologan Refectory Program at Apollonia / Yiannias, John J.

Diversity in Fresco Painting of the Mid-Fourteenth Century: The Case of Lesnovo / Gabelić, Smiljka

The Wall Paintings of the Pantanassa at Mistra: Models of a Painters' Workshop in the Fifteenth Century / Mouriki, Doula

Late Byzantine Loca Sancta? Some Questions Regarding the Form and Function of Epitaphioi / Ćurčić, Slobodan

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691655734

0691655731

9780691198040

0691198047

OCLC:

1090423221