Path to Europe. From Byzantium to the Low Countries
Bernard Coulie - Paul Dujardin
Silvana Editoriale
Edited by Bernard Coulie.
English Text.
Cinisello Balsamo, 2017; paperback, pp. 184, 100 b/w and col. ill., cm 17x24.
(Arte).
series: Arte
ISBN: 88-366-3404-4 - EAN13: 9788836634040
Subject: Essays (Art or Architecture),Historical Essays,Painting,Sculpture,Wood (Frames, Carving, Furniture, Tarsia)
Period: 0-1000 (0-XI) Ancient World,1000-1400 (XII-XIV) Middle Ages
Extra: Bizantyn Art
Languages:
Weight: 0.58 kg
In the Christian East, these sacred images were venerated; in the West, they were seen as works of art. How did these different outlooks come into being? How did icons find their way from Byzantium to the Low Countries, via Italian cities such as Siena? At the colloquium these questions were raised and handled by a number of eminent experts.
authors: Bernard Coulie, Paul Dujardin, Till-Holger Borchert, Ralph Deconinck, Mario Scalini, Myrto Hatzaki, Maria Vassilaki, Katrien Lichtert, Jacques Paviot, Anna Pelagotti, Damien Wigny.