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Heaven on earth : art and the Church in Byzantium / edited by Linda Safran.

Other author/creatorSafran, Linda.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoUniversity Park, Penn. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1998.
Description280 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm
Subject(s)
Orthodox Eastern Church--In art.
Art, Byzantine.
Christian art and symbolism--Byzantine Empire.
Contents Constantinople and the empire of new Rome / Joseph Alchermes -- That man might become God : central themes in Byzantine theology / Eric D. Perl -- Responding icon / Anna Kartsonis -- Holy space : architecture and the liturgy / Robert Ousterhout -- Cycle of images in the church / Henry Maguire -- Art in the service of the liturgy : Byzantine silver plate / Susan A. Boyd -- Illuminating the liturgy : illustrated service books in Byzantium / Nancy Patterson S̆evc̆enko -- Byzantine pilgrims' art / Gary Vikan.
General noteEdited versions of papers originally presented at a series of lectures at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Fall 1991.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96036255
ISBN0271016698 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780271016696 (alk. paper)
ISBN0271016701 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780271016702 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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