Rico Franses (American University of Beirut)

Donor Portraits in Byzantine Art

The Vicissitudes of Contact Between Human and Divine

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Produktbeschreibung

Argues that donor portraits in Byzantine art should instead be considered as contact portraits. Contends that the most important feature of the scenes of supplication between mortals and holy, supernatural interlocutors consists in the active role that they play within the belief systems of the supplicants.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 261
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781108407588
• ISBN-10: 1108407587
• Artikelnr.: 66878139

Autorenporträt

Rico Franses is an Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts and Art History, American University of Beirut, and Director of the University Art Galleries and Collections.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: methodologies for the study of donor portraits; 1. The
history and problematic of the donor portrait; 2. On meaning in portraits.
The knot of intention and the question of the patron's share; 3. Awaiting
the end after the end. Sin, absolution, and the afterlife; 4. Exchange and
non-exchange. The gift between human and divine; 5. The literal, the
symbolic, and the contact portrait. On belief in the interaction between
human and divine; Postscript: the problem of terminology again. Donor
portraits and contact portraits.