The Emperor and the World: Exotic Elements and the Imaging of Middle Byzantine Imperial Power, Ninth to Thirteenth Centuries C.E.

by Alicia Walker

Byzantine imperial imagery is commonly perceived as a static system. In contrast to this common portrayal, this book draws attention to its openness and responsiveness to other artistic traditions. Through a close examination of significant objects and monuments created over a 350-year period, from the ninth to the thirteenth century, Alicia Walker shows how the visual articulation of Byzantine imperial power not only maintained a visual vocabulary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107004772
• ISBN13: 9781107004771
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.1"