Art and Identity in Thirteenth-Century Byzantium : Hagia Sophia and the Empire of Trebizond.

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"The church of Hagia Sophia in Trebizond, built by the emperor Manuel I Grand Komnenos (1238-63) in the aftermath of the fall of Constantinople to the Fourth Crusade, is the finest surviving Byzantine imperial monument of its period. Art and Identity in Thirteenth-Century Byzantium is the first...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Eastmond, Antony
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2004.
Series:Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman studies.
Subjects:
Plastik
Ayasofya Müzesi (Museum : Trabzon, Turkey)
Trabzon Ayasofya Müzesi
500-1500
Architecture, Byzantine > Turkey > Trabzon.
Christian art and symbolism > Turkey > Trabzon > Medieval, 500-1500.
Art and state > Turkey > Trabzon.
Trebizond Empire > History.
Architecture byzantine > Turquie > Trébizonde.
Art > Politique gouvernementale > Turquie > Trébizonde.
Architecture, Byzantine
Art and state
Christian art and symbolism > Medieval
Wandmalerei
Architektur
Bouwkunst.
Kerkgebouwen.
Turkey > Trabzon
Byzantinisches Reich
Trabzon > Hagia Sophia.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the Byzantine empires in the thirteenth century
  • 1. Hagia Sophia and its contexts
  • 2. Hagia Sophia : architecture and the construction of identity
  • 3. Trebizond as imperial capital : ceremonial and processions
  • 4. Adam, exile and 'Byzantine' sculpture
  • 5. Ornamental sculpture and cultural orientation : Hagia Sophia, the Seljuqs and the Caucasus
  • 6. Wall paintings and politics : rebuilding empire?
  • 7. Hagia Sophia : art, the liturgy and modernity
  • 8. Manuel I Grand Komnenos : the embodiment of empire.

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