Fountains and Water Culture in Byzantium

Author:   Brooke Shilling (University of Lincoln) ,  Paul Stephenson (University of Lincoln)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107105997


Pages:   406
Publication Date:   13 October 2016
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Brooke Shilling (University of Lincoln) ,  Paul Stephenson (University of Lincoln)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.970kg
ISBN:  

9781107105997


ISBN 10:   1107105994
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   13 October 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction Brooke Shilling and Paul Stephenson; 1. Where do we go now? The archaeology of monumental fountains in the Roman and early Byzantine East Julian Richard; 2. Monumental waterworks in Late Antique Constantinople Paul Stephenson and Ragnar Hedlund; 3. Fistulae and water fraud in Late Antique Constantinople Gerda de Kleijn; 4. The Silahtarağa statues in context Brenda Longfellow; 5. The bronze goose from the hippodrome Rowena Loverance; 6. The serpent column fountain Paul Stephenson; 7. The culture of water in the 'Macedonian Renaissance' Paul Magdalino; 8. When bath became church: spatial fusion in Late Antique Constantinople and beyond Jesper Blid Kullberg; 9. Zoomorphic rainwater spouts Philipp Niewöhner; 10. Spouts and finials defining fountains by giving water shape and sound Eunice Dauterman Maguire; 11. Fountains of paradise in early Byzantine art, homilies, and hymns Brooke Shilling; 12. Where did the waters of paradise go after iconoclasm? Henry Maguire; 13. 'Rejoice, Spring.' The Theotokos as a fountain in the liturgical practice of Byzantine hymnography Helena Bodin; 14. Words, water, and power: literary fountains and metaphors of patronage in eleventh- and twelfth-century Byzantium Ingela Nilsson; 15. Ancient water in fictional fountains: waterworks in Byzantine novels and romances Terése Nilsson; 16. The shrine of the Theotokos at the Pege Isabel Kimmelfield; 17. A dome for the water: canopied fountains and cypress trees in Byzantine and early Ottoman Constantinople Federica Broilo; 18. Sinan's ablution fountains Johan Mårtelius.

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Brooke Shilling is a lecturer in the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Lincoln. Her areas of research include Late Antique and Byzantine mosaic art. Paul Stephenson is Professor of History and Head of the School of History and Heritage at the University of Lincoln. He is the author or editor of eight books and his research focuses on Byzantium.

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