Byzantine Art And Diplomacy In An Age Of Decline

Questions how political decline refigures the visual culture of empire by examining the imperial image and the gift in later Byzantium (1261-1453). Provides a more nuanced account of medieval artistic cultural exchange that considers the temporal dimensions of power and the changing fates of empires.

• • Author: Cecily J. Hilsdale
• • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• • Publication Date: Feb 20, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 412 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1107033306
• • ISBN-13: 9781107033306