Chatterjee, Paroma (2025) The Bucolic Mode in Byzantine Art. Sound, Weather, Imperium. Carmen. Visual and Material Cultures. Arc Humanities Press, Leeds. ISBN 9781802704327
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[EN] 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.
| Tipologia del documento: | Libro |
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| Parole chiave: | Image theories; Ekphrasis; Religious art; Musical iconography |
| Soggetto: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History |
| Depositato da: | dr Vincenzo De Luise |
| Depositato il: | 17 Set 2026 18:53 |
| Ultima modifica: | 17 Set 2026 18:53 |
| URI: | https://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/10510 |
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