Architecture as icon
Subtitle: perception and representation of architecture in Byzantine art
By: Slobodan Ćurčić and Evangelia Hadjitryphonos ; with contributions by Kathleen E. McVey and Helen G. Saradi
Contributors: Chatzētryphōnos, Euangelia; McVey, Kathleen E., 1944-; Saradi, Hélène
Publisher: Princeton University Art Museum; Distributed by Yale University
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J; New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780300122114
Description: "Byzantine art abandoned classical ideals in favor of formulas that conveyed spiritual concepts through stylized physical forms. Previous scholarship dealing with Byzantine icons has been largely focused on depictions of holy figures, dismissing representations of architecture as irrelevant space-filling background. Architecture as Icon demonstrates that background representations of architecture are meaningful, active components of compositions, often as significant as the holy figures. The book provides a critical view for understanding the Byzantine conception of architectural forms and space and the corresponding intellectual underpinnings of their representation."--Page [2]of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Architecture as icon / Slobodan Ćurčić; title: Spirit embodied: the emergence of symbolic interpretations of early Christian and Byzantine architecture / Kathleen E. McVey; title: Space in Byzantine thought / Helen G. Saradi; title: Presentations and representations of architecture in Byzantium: the thought behind the image / Evangelia Hadjitryphonos.