For more than a millennium, from its creation in 330 A.D. until its fall in 1453, the Byzantine Empire was a cradle of artistic effervescence that we are only beginning to rediscover. Endowed with the rich heritage of Roman, Eastern and Christian cultures, Byzantine artists deve…
Pendant plus d'un millénaire, depuis sa création en 330 jusqu'à sa chute en 1453, l'Empire byzantin fut le berceau d'une effervescence artistique que l'on commence seulement à redécouvrir. Riches de l'héritage des cultures romaine, orientale ou chrétienne, les artistes byzantins…
"Byzantine 'iconoclasm' is famous and has influenced iconoclast movements from the English Reformation and French Revolution to Taliban, but it has also been woefully misunderstood: this book shows how and why the debate about images was more complicated, and more interesting, t…
This title presents an important re-examination of the Byzantine iconoclasm - the widespread phenomenon of destruction of images that took place in the 7th to 9th centuries AD - by the leading scholar in the field.
by Vikan, Gary
fromDumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection publications
