Sacred shock : framing visual experience in Byzantium / Glenn Peers.

Author/creator Peers, Glenn
Format Book
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxviii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Art, Byzantine.
Christian art and symbolism--Byzantine Empire.
Composition (Art)
Borders, Ornamental (Decorative arts)--Byzantine Empire.
Picture frames and framing--Byzantine Empire.

Contents The great age of the frame -- The crucifixion contained and containing -- The bloody page in the Chludov Psalter -- Gregory of Nazianzus as twelfth-century paradigm -- Saint George and his iconic bodies -- Silver cladding and the assimilation of bodies and faces -- Framing the body.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [135]-184) and index.
LCCN 2004005611
ISBN0271024704 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks N6250 .P35 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold