Description:
Conference Proceedings. Bilingual (Greek-English) edition. Soft cover, 28 cm, 392 pp., ill.: numerous B/W images throughout, XXIII colour plates; net weight 1280 gr.Scientific research on the production of Byzantine icons and the techniques used in it has intensified in recent years and has become an increasingly important aspect of the study of Byzantine art. The collaboration of art historians with conservators, organic chemists, physicists, archaeometrists, mineralogists, arboriculturists, agriculturists, computer specialists and others has offered new opportunities for the study of icons. The aim of this book is to take stock of the current situation and to pool recent works and discoveries.
CONTENTS:
PART ONE - FROM THE ART AND ICONOGRAPHY OF ICONS: ENGELINA SMIRNOVA, Eleventh-Century Icons from St Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod and the Problem of the Altar Barrier, TITOS PAPAMASTORAKIS, The Display of Accumulated Wealth in Luxury Icons: Gift-giving from the Byzantine Aristocracy to God in the… Read More