Why does medieval Rome look so, for lack of a better word, Byzantine? Why do its monuments speak an aesthetic of the medieval East? And just how do we quantify that Byzantine aesthetic or even the word "Byzantine"?
This book seeks to consider the ways in which the artistic styles and iconographies generally associated with the eastern medieval tradition had a life in the West and, in many cases, were just as western as they were eastern. Rome's medieval monuments are a fundamental part of the history of the East, a history that says more about a cross- cultural exchange and interconnected "Romes" than difference and separation.
Each chapter follows the political and theological relationships between the East and the West chronologically, exploring the socio-political exchanges as they manifest in the visual language of the monuments that defined the medieval landscape of Rome.
| ISBN: | 9781641890052 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2022 |
| Author: | Annie Montgomery Labatt |
| Publisher: | Arc Humanities Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 212 pages |
| Series: | Past Imperfect |
| Genres: |
European history: medieval period, middle ages History of architecture |
Why does medieval Rome look so, for lack of a better word, Byzantine? Why do its monuments speak an aesthetic of the medieval East? And just how do we quantify that Byzantine aesthetic or even the word "Byzantine"?
This book seeks to consider the ways in which the artistic styles and iconographies generally associated with the eastern medieval tradition had a life in the West and, in many cases, were just as western as they were eastern. Rome's medieval monuments are a fundamental part of the history of the East, a history that says more about a cross- cultural exchange and interconnected "Romes" than difference and separation.
Each chapter follows the political and theological relationships between the East and the West chronologically, exploring the socio-political exchanges as they manifest in the visual language of the monuments that defined the medieval landscape of Rome.
Byzantine Rome features in the following genres: European history: medieval period, middle ages, History of architecture
Byzantine Rome is available in Paperback
Byzantine Rome was written by Annie Montgomery Labatt and published by Arc Humanities Press
Byzantine Rome has 212 pages
Yes it is part of Past Imperfect series