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So a miracle leaves Its frame, and one epiphanic detail Illuminates an entire epoch - Derek Walcott, from Tiepolo's Hound; This is a book which has the potential to change our understanding of Byzantine art and how it worked. - Charles Barber, Notre Dame; Sacred Shock is a significant and scholarly contribution that will both invigorate and stir controversy within its primary field, and be read and understood by those beyond. - John Osborne, University of Victoria

""So a miracle leaves Its frame, and one epiphanic detail Illuminates an entire epoch - Derek Walcott, from Tiepolo's Hound; ""This is a book which has the potential to change our understanding of Byzantine art and how it worked."" - Charles Barber, Notre Dame; ""Sacred Shock is a significant and scholarly contribution that will both invigorate and stir controversy within its primary field, and be read and understood by those beyond."" - John Osborne, University of Victoria""

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Glenn Peers is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Subtle Bodies: Representing Angels in Byzantium (2001).

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