Images in Churches in Late Byzantium
Year: 2019
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: In late Byzantium, monastic katholika were painted with increasingly complex programs. The introduction of expanded images and texts into many church interiors not only manifests the theological training of painters and the devotional intentions of patrons, but also reveals the spiritual world of the community of faithful. Through the selection of saints, the detailed illustration of the lives of Christ, the Virgin and other holy figures, the representation of liturgical performance and chan...
Source: Éditions de la Sorbonne eBooks
Author: Sharon E. J. Gerstel
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Language: French
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2995710205