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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Henry Maguire (Emeritus Professor of Art at Johns Hopkins University, Emeritus Professor of Art at Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.40cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 15.50cm Weight: 0.479kg ISBN: 9780190497101ISBN 10: 0190497106 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 07 April 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction I. Nature and Idolatry II. Nature and Rhetoric III. Nature and Metaphor IV. Nature and Abstraction V. Nature and Architecture Conclusion Bibliography IndexReviewsNectar and Illusion marshals an impressive corpus of visual and textual evidence in support of its arguments. In the process, it raises a number of questions, some of which it addresses directly and others which, hopefully, shall be taken up in future studies... Nectar and Illusion is invaluable...for reminding us forcefully that Byzantine visual culture is far richer, more varied, and often, more puzzlingly and delightfully inconsistent than its stately icons of Christ, the Virgin, and the saints would have us believe. Paroma Chatterjee, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Henry Maguire traces the complex rise and fall of Byzantine portrayals of the natural world in his beautiful Nectar and Illusion ... The author has marshaled a vast array of examples...to present cogent arguments about the shifting place of nature and other elements of the physical world (such as architecture in Byzantine culture... [T]he broader brush arguments Maguire draws are magnificent. Lydia Wilson, Times Literary Supplement In this magisterial analysis of Byzantine responses to the natural world, Henry Maguire presents complex and shifting responses to nature with enviable clarity, while showing us how seemingly simple details illuminate the relationship between the earthly and the divine. Anyone interested in Byzantine culture will have to read this book. Leslie Brubaker, University of Birmingham Juxtaposing visual and verbal rhetorics of nature in Byzantium, Henry Maguire offers a vast, stimulating range of analyses to show how knowingly Byzantine imagery inflects its presentation of the natural world. Nonetheless, he concludes that nature, like rhetoric itself, was viewed as seductive: sweet like nectar, but treacherous if taken at face value. Annemarie Carr, Southern Methodist University Nectar and Illusion provides a window into a little discussed aspect of the Byzantine world-the world of nature-into which Henry Maguire once again brings to bear his broad experience acquired through a long and productive career. His keen ability to single out and analyze revealing aspects of the literary heritage in relation to visual and material culture is unmatched in the field. Carolyn L. Connor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Author InformationHenry Maguire is Emeritus Professor of Art at Johns Hopkins University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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