Donor Portraits in Byzantine Art: The Vicissitudes of Contact between Human and Divine
Author:   Rico Franses (American University of Beirut)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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Pages:   262
Publication Date:   23 March 2023
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Donor Portraits in Byzantine Art: The Vicissitudes of Contact between Human and Divine


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Author:   Rico Franses (American University of Beirut)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.457kg
ISBN:  

9781108407588


ISBN 10:   1108407587
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   23 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Introduction: methodologies for the study of donor portraits; 1. The history and problematic of the donor portrait; 2. On meaning in portraits. The knot of intention and the question of the patron's share; 3. Awaiting the end after the end. Sin, absolution, and the afterlife; 4. Exchange and non-exchange. The gift between human and divine; 5. The literal, the symbolic, and the contact portrait. On belief in the interaction between human and divine; Postscript: the problem of terminology again. Donor portraits and contact portraits.

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'This is a book that takes a broadly synchronic look across the Byzantine world, a view that different works of art in different media from different times and places nonetheless speak to the same broad Christian world-view, to similar structures … This is a perspective that makes us think and it makes us question, and that is what the best scholarship should do.' Liz James, The English Historical Review


'This is a book that takes a broadly synchronic look across the Byzantine world, a view that different works of art in different media from different times and places nonetheless speak to the same broad Christian world-view, to similar structures ... This is a perspective that makes us think and it makes us question, and that is what the best scholarship should do.' Liz James, The English Historical Review


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Rico Franses is an Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts and Art History, American University of Beirut, and Director of the University Art Galleries and Collections.

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