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Author Maguire, Henry, 1943-

Title Nectar and illusion : nature in Byzantine art and literature / Henry Maguire.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Onassis series in Hellenic culture
Onassis series in Hellenic culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index.
Contents Nature and idolatry -- Nature and rhetoric -- Nature and metaphor -- Nature and abstraction -- Nature and architecture.
Summary This title provides an extended study of the portrayal of nature in Byzantine art and literature. It provides a different view of Byzantine art in relation to the medieval art of Western Europe.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Nature in art.
Nature in art.
Nature in literature.
Nature in literature.
Arts, Byzantine -- Themes, motives.
Arts, Byzantine.
Themes, motives.
Byzantine literature -- Themes, motives.
Byzantine literature.
Nature -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Nature -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Title Nature in Byzantine art and literature
Other Form: Print version: Maguire, Henry. Nectar and illusion : nature in Byzantine art and literature. New York : Oxford University Press, 2012 xx, 198 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Onassis series in Hellenic culture 9780199766604 (DLC) 2011043945 (OCoLC)759395913
ISBN 9780199974252 electronic book
019997425X electronic book
9780199766604
0199766606