Nectar and illusion
Subtitle: nature in Byzantine art and literature
By: Henry Maguire
Series: Onassis series in Hellenic culture
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780199766604
Subjects: Byzantine Arts; Nature in art; Nature; Byzantine literature; Christianity; Themes, motives; Nature in literature
Other titles: Nature in Byzantine art and literature
Description: This title provides an extended study of the portrayal of nature in Byzantine art and literature. It provides a different view of Byzantine art in relation to the medieval art of Western Europe.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Nature and idolatry; title: Nature and rhetoric; title: Nature and metaphor; title: Nature and abstraction; title: Nature and architecture; title: Conclusion.