Representations of Early Byzantine Empresses: Image and Empire - Couverture rigide

McClanan, A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0312294921 ISBN 13 : 9780312294922

Editeur : St Martin's Press, 2003

Synopsis

This book reconsiders a wide array of images of Byzantine empresses on media as diverse as bronze coins and gold mosaic from the fifth through to the seventh centuries A.D. The representations have often been viewed in terms of individual personas, but strong typological currents frame their medieval context. Empress Theodora, the target of political pornography, has consumed the bulk of past interest, but even her representations fit these patterns. Methodological tools from fields as disparate as numismatics as well as cultural and gender studies help clarify the broader cultural significance of female imperial representation and patronage at this time.

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À propos de l'auteur

ANNE L. MCCLANAN is Assistant Professor of art history at Portland State University, Oregon, USA. She is the co-editor of Personal Objects, Social Subjects: The Material Culture of Sex, Procreation, and Marriage in Pre-Modern Europe, forthcoming from Palgrave.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Martin's Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312294921
• ISBN 13: 9780312294922
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 299
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