Icons and power
Subtitle: the Mother of God in Byzantium
By: Bissera V. Pentcheva.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press; Penn State University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: University Park, Penn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Art; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to; Icons, Byzantine; Art and state -- Byzantine Empire
Genres: Art.
Description: xviii, 302 pages : 27 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theotokos and imperial power; title: Origins of the civic cult; title: Avar siege: memory and change; title: In the context of war; title: Icons in practice; title: Hodegetria icon and its Tuesday procession; title: Blachernai responds: the icon of the "usual miracle"; title: Synthesis: imperial memorial rites at the Pantokrator.