Picture and text: on the 'iconography' of sacred spaces in middle-Byzantine ekphraseis
| Autor: | Beatrice Daskas |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
History
Literature and Literary Theory Visual Arts and Performing Arts media_common.quotation_subject Interpretation (philosophy) Space (commercial competition) Visual arts ekphrasis sources for the history of art Settore L-FIL-LET/07 - Civilta' Bizantina Byzantine literature church of Stylianos Zautzes church of the Virgin of the Pharos Perception Settore L-ART/01 - Storia dell'Arte Medievale Iconography Function (engineering) Byzantine architecture Order (virtue) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Byzantinische Zeitschrift. 113:35-68 |
| ISSN: | 1868-9027 0007-7704 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/bz-2020-0003 |
| Popis: | The present contribution engages with two representative examples of middle-Byzantine ekphraseis, Photios’ description of the Virgin of the Pharos and Leo VI’s account of the church founded by Stylianos Zautzes. It aims at showing how these texts suggest modes of viewing the sacred space and decoration that pose, more than settle, questions about images and pictures, their intended function, significance and impact within their specific cultural frames of reference. Far from being neutral and disengaged, these verbal representations have a specific agenda, which inflects the audience’s perception and interpretation of the decorated church space. Comparisons with coeval monumental evidence are also offered, in order to analyze textual and visual developments in parallel. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|