Research Catalog

Title

Architecture as icon : perception and representation of architecture in Byzantine art / Slobodan Ćurčić and Evangelia Hadjitryphonos ; with contributions by Kathleen E. McVey and Helen G. Saradi.

Author

Ćurčić, Slobodan.

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Details

Additional Authors

• McVey, Kathleen E., 1944-
• Saradi, Hélène.

Description

xix, 336 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 28 cm.

Summary

"Byzantine art abandoned classical ideals in favor of formulas that conveyed spiritual concepts through stylized physical forms. Previous scholarship dealing with Byzantine icons has been largely focused on depictions of holy figures, dismissing representations of architecture as irrelevant space-filling background. Architecture as Icon demonstrates that background representations of architecture are meaningful, active components of compositions, often as significant as the holy figures. The book provides a critical view for understanding the Byzantine conception of architectural forms and space and the corresponding intellectual underpinnings of their representation." "Architecture as Icon features four thought-provoking essays. The catalogue groups the material into four categories: generic, specific, and symbolic representations, culminating in a final grouping entitled "Jerusalem." Handsomely designed and illustrated, this volume addresses various approaches to depicting architecture in Byzantine art that contrast sharply with those of the Renaissance and Western artistic tradition."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Architecture, Byzantine
• Architecture in art
• Art, Byzantine

ISBN

• 030012211X (pbk.)
• 9780300122114 (pbk.)

LCCN

2010920679

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries