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OverviewCappadocia, a picturesque volcanic region of central Anatolia, preserves the best evidence of daily life in the Byzantine Empire and yet remains remarkably understudied, better known to tourists than to scholars. The area preserves an abundance of physical remains: at least a thousand rock-cut churches or chapels, of which more than one-third retain significant elements of their painted decoration, as well as monasteries, houses, entire towns and villages, underground refuges, agricultural installations, storage facilities, hydrological interventions, and countless other examples of non-ecclesiastical architecture. In dramatic contrast to its dearth of textual evidence, Cappadocia is unrivaled in the Byzantine world for its material culture. Based upon the close analysis of material and visual residues, Visualizing Community offers a critical reassessment of the story and historiography of Byzantine Cappadocia, with chapters devoted to its architecture and painting, as well as to its secular and spiritual landscapes. In the absence of a written record, it may never be possible to write a traditional history of the region, but, as Robert Ousterhout shows, it is possible to visualize the kinds of communities that once formed the living landscape of Cappadocia. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert G. OusterhoutPublisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection Imprint: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 2.087kg ISBN: 9780884024132ISBN 10: 088402413 Pages: 558 Publication Date: 06 March 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsOnce described as a 'monastic Disneyland, ' the rock-cut churches and other monuments of Byzantine Cappadocia in central Turkey are systematically re-examined in this masterly account by Robert G. Ousterhout. The excellent photographs taken by the author are witness to his careful and prolonged face-to-face examination of all the structures he discusses...This is without doubt now the best reference book for the study of the region.-- (09/05/2017) Once described as a 'monastic Disneyland, ' the rock-cut churches and other monuments of Byzantine Cappadocia in central Turkey are systematically re-examined in this masterly account by Robert G. Ousterhout. The excellent photographs taken by the author are witness to his careful and prolonged face-to-face examination of all the structures he discusses...This is without doubt now the best reference book for the study of the region.--Robin Cormack Times Literary Supplement (09/05/2017) Author InformationRobert G. Ousterhout is Professor Emeritus of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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