The Bucolic Mode in Byzantine Art
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The Bucolic Mode in Byzantine Art

Sound, Weather, Imperium

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eBook - ePub

The Bucolic Mode in Byzantine Art

Sound, Weather, Imperium

About this book

Bucolic imagery—of shepherds with flocks in idyllic surroundings—has barely been studied in Byzantine art history. These images elude our usual analytical categories of imperial, sacred, and secular art, and challenge our assumptions about visual narrative. This book demonstrates that a "bucolic mode" existed in Byzantium in diverse media, such as textiles, sculpture, mosaics, silver, and manuscripts. Through a close reading of a select group of images, this book argues that bucolic themes were deployed to reflect concerns about the salvific effects of sound, the vagaries of the weather, and the contingency of imperial rule at different moments in the Byzantine era.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Carmen: Visual and Material Cultures
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1. The Shepherd and His Sheep
  10. Chapter 2. The Winds and the Weather
  11. Chapter 3. The Emperor and the Idyll
  12. Epilogue
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index