Ćurčić, Slobodan.

Architecture as icon : perception and representation of architecture in Byzantine art / Slobodan Ćurčić and Evangelia Hadjitryphonos ; with contributions by Kathleen E. McVey and Helen G. Saradi.

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Art Museum ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University, ©2010.

xix, 356 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

"Byzantine art abandoned classical ideals in favor of formulas that conveyed spiritual concepts through stylized physical forms. Previous scholarship dealing with Byzantine icons has been largely focused on depictions of holy figures, dismissing representations of architecture as irrelevant space-filling background. Architecture as Icon demonstrates that background representations of architecture are meaningful, active components of compositions, often as significant as the holy figures. The book provides a critical view for understanding the Byzantine conception of architectural forms and space and the corresponding intellectual underpinnings of their representation."--Page 2 of cover.

9780300122114 (pbk.)
030012211X (pbk.)

Art, Byzantine.
Architecture in art.
Architecture, Byzantine.
Art byzantin.
Architecture dans l'art.
Architecture byzantine.
Architektur
Kunst
Byzantinische Architektur Motiv Byzantinische Kunst.
Architektur frühchristliche Motiv Byzantinische Kunst.
Byzantinische Kunst Motiv Byzantinische Architektur.
Byzantinische Kunst Motiv Architektur frühchristliche.
Architekturdarstellung byzantinische.
Art, Byzantine Exhibitions.
Architecture in art Exhibitions.
Architecture, Byzantine Exhibitions.
Bysantinsk arkitektur.
Byzantinisches Reich

Exhibition publications.
Exhibition catalogs.

Chatzētryphōnos, Euangelia.
McVey, Kathleen E., 1944-
Saradi, Hélène.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 266462
Cote: BIB 198318
Statut: Disponible