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New Light on Old Glass
Recent Research on Byzantine Glass and Mosaics
Chris Entwistle (Editor); Liz James (Editor)
This new publication brings together a range of leading scholars from Europe,
America and the Middle East to discuss the most recent research in the field of
Byzantine glass and mosaics in an interdisciplinary context. New Light on Old Glass
explores how mosaics are perhaps the most outstanding examples of Byzantine
art which survive; revealing changing aesthetics and issues surrounding the
technical production of glass in medieval artistic practices. This is the first time
that so many diverse papers, ranging from art history, archaeology, chemistry,
physics and Byzantine studies have been assembled in one volume, and is the
culmination of a five-year research programme on the Composition of Byzantine
Glass Mosaic Tesserae, conducted by the University of Sussex in conjunction with
the British Museum and sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust.
9780861591794, £45.00, 25 March 2013
PB, 250p, 500 col & b/w illus., British Museum Research Publication 179, British Museum Press
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An Obscure Portrait
Imaging Women’s Reality in Byzantine Art
Rudolf Meyer (Author)
Recent discussions on Byzantine art have been dominated by the question of
representing realia . Among these, however, the way works of art reflect the
daily life of women have not received much space or attention. The present
book studies various images representing women’s status and her performative
tasks, and their significance from the fourth century to the fall of the Empire,
through analysis of archaeological evidence and works of art. It addresses a wide
range of questions, some pertaining both to pictorial traditions and to their late
antique antecedents, others peculiar to changing and evolving Byzantine culture
and mentality. The book aims to lift a veil from known and less known works
of art and to present the rarely described picture of the daily life of women in
Byzantine art over a very wide chronological span of time, in an effort to expand
our knowledge of women in Byzantium and their realia.
9781904597322, £150.00, Available Now
HB, 575p, 258 illus., Pindar Press
Colours, Symbols, Worship
The Mission of the Byzantine Artist
George Galavaris (Author)
Trained as an archaeologist and art historian and being a practising painter, Professor
Galavaris has been able to relate diverse disciplines in his work, as shown by the
wide range of his numerous publications. He moves from the early history of the
eucharistic bread in the Orthodox Church, the dramatic impact of the Liturgy on
illuminated Byzantine manuscripts, to the role of the icon in: the life of the Church,
the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke and the European painting of the 20th century.
He is a leading authority on the study of the relationship between worship, Liturgy
and art. Whether it is the cult of the Byzantine Emperor or the Eucharistic Liturgy,
manifested in numismatics, illuminated manuscripts, icons, church lights (candles
and oil lamps) – all witnesses of the creative forces of the Byzantine artist - Galavaris’
interests are symbols, forms and their meaning. He investigates their contribution
to worship, to the visual shaping of the Liturgy and how they reveal the freedom
and the mission of the artist in realizing the Unseen in everyday life.
9789491431074, £42, August 2012
9781899828685, £150.00, Available Now
HB, 475p, Groningen Archaeological Studies 19, Barkhuis
HB, 576p, 379 illus., Pindar Press