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Record Nr.

UNISA996205695503316

Autore

Maguire Henry <1943->

Titolo

Nectar and illusion : nature in Byzantine art and literature / / Henry Maguire

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-19-997425-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Onassis series in Hellenic culture

Disciplina

700.4609495

Soggetti

Nature in art

Nature in literature

Arts, Byzantine - Themes, motives

Byzantine literature - Themes, motives

Nature - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Nature and idolatry -- Nature and rhetoric -- Nature and metaphor -- Nature and abstraction -- Nature and architecture.

Sommario/riassunto

This title provides an extended study of the portrayal of nature in Byzantine art and literature. It provides a different view of Byzantine art in relation to the medieval art of Western Europe.