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The Sensual Icon: Space, Ritual, and the Senses in Byzantium Pentcheva, Bissera V. (Associate Professor, Stanford University)
The Sensual Icon: Space, Ritual, and the Senses in Byzantium
Pentcheva, Bissera V. (Associate Professor, Stanford University)
Explores the Byzantine aesthetic of fugitive appearances by placing and filming art objects in spaces of changing light, and by uncovering the shifting appearances expressed in poetry, descriptions of art, and liturgical performance.
320 pages, 72 Halftones, color; 19 Halftones, black and white
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 28, 2010 |
| Original release date | 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780271035833 |
| Publishers | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Genre | Chronological Period > Medieval (500-1453) Studies |
| Pages | 320 |
| Dimensions | 254 × 192 × 22 mm · 1.10 kg |