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The Left-handed Evangelist. Contribution to Palaeologan Iconography.
Ioannis Spatharakis
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Hardback. A study of the origin and development if the left-handed Evangelist iconographic type which appeared during the late Byzantine period. Largely based on a study of illuminated manuscripts, Spatharakis also considers the influence of Evangelist portraits on mosaics and frescos. Num Pages: 184 pages, 132 illus. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 249 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
This book by Professor Spatharakis is a study of the origin and development of a new iconographic type within the late Byzantine period, that of the left-handed Evangelist. Although mainly confined to manuscript illumination, it also takes account of the surviving depictions of the Evangelists in mosaic and fresco on the walls of the churches built during this period.
The author examines the appearance of this new type of Evangelist portrait at the beginning of the fourteenth century, and how it came to be sufficiently influential to replace the tenth-century models used by the artists of this ... Read more
This book by Professor Spatharakis is a study of the origin and development of a new iconographic type within the late Byzantine period, that of the left-handed Evangelist. Although mainly confined to manuscript illumination, it also takes account of the surviving depictions of the Evangelists in mosaic and fresco on the walls of the churches built during this period.
The author examines the appearance of this new type of Evangelist portrait at the beginning of the fourteenth century, and how it came to be sufficiently influential to replace the tenth-century models used by the artists of this ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780907132493
SKU
V9780907132493
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