Images of the Mother of God :Perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium

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Images of the Mother of God Perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium,edited by Maria VassilakiFully-illustrated in colour and black and white, Images of the Mother of God complements the successful exhibition and catalogue of the 'Mother of God' exhibition at the Benaki Museum in Athens. It brings together the work of leading international authorities and younger scholars to provide a wide-ranging survey of how the 'Theotokos' was perceived in the Byzantine world. It embraces the disciplines of theologians and philologists, as well as art historians, traditional and feminist historians and social anthropologists. Images of the Mother of God will appeal not just to those interested in Byzantine art and culture, but to scholars of Western Europe in the Middle Ages who are looking for comparative materials in their own work. Contents : Foreword, Angelos Delivorrias; Preface, Maria Vassilaki; Introduction, Averil Cameron; Early Cult and Representations: Isis and Mary in early icons, Thomas Mathews and Norman Muller; The enigmatic Coptic Galaktotrophousa and the cult of the Virgin Mary in Egypt, Elizabeth Bolman; Icons and Sites. Cult images of the Virgin in Mediaeval Rome, Gerhard Wolf; Theotokos and Logos: the interpretation and reinterpretation of the Sanctuary programme of the Koimesis Church, Nicaea, Charles Barber. The Theology of the Theotokos: The Virgin as the real Ark of Covenant, Michel van Esbroeck; The Theotokos in Byzantine hymnography: the typology of allegory, Christian Hannick; The use and abuse of the 'image' of the Theotokos in the political life of Byzantium (with special reference to the iconoclast period), Niki Koutrakou; From poetry to liturgy: the cult of the Virgin in the Middle Byzantine era, Niki Tsironis; Exchanging embrace. The body of salvation, Ioli Kalavrezou; The symbolism of the censer in Byzantine representations of the dormition of the Virgin, Maria Evangelatou; The Virgin portaitissa of the Iviron monastery and her cult on Mt Athos, Kriton Chryssochoides. Female Authority and Devotion: The empress and the Virgin in Early Byzantium: piety, authority and devotion, Liz James; Female piety in context: understanding developments in private devotional practices, Brigitte Pitarakis; The eyes of the Mother of God, Robin Cormack; Zoe's lead seal: female invocation to the annunciation of the Virgin, Vasso Penna. Public and Private Cult: Byzantine domestic art as evidence for the early cult of the Virgin, Henry Maguire; The 'activated icon': the Hodegetria procession and Mary's Eisodos, Bissera Pentcheva; Picturing the spiritual protector: from Blachernitissa to Hodegetria, Christine Angelidi and Titos Papamastorakis; The image of the Virgin Zoodochos Pege: two questions concerning its origin, Natalia Teteriatnikov; The cult of the Virgin Zoodochos Pege at Mistra, Niki Etzeoglou; The Virgin, the Christ-child and the evil eye, Vassiliki Foskolou; Praying for the salvation of the empire?, Maria Vassilaki. Between East and West: Thoughts on Mary east and west, Annemarie Weyl Carr; The Kahn and Mellon madonnas and their place in the history of the Virgin and Child enthroned in Italy and the east, Rebecca W. Corrie; Representations of the Virgin in Lusignan Cyprus, Sophia Kalopissi-Verti; The legacy of the Hodegetria: holy icons and legends between east and west, Michele Bacci; A Byzantine icon of the Dexiokratousa Hodegetria from Crete at the Benaki museum, Nano Chatzidakis. Epilogue, Maria Vassilaki; Index. about the author : Maria Vassilaki is Professor of Byzantine Art at the University of Thessaly, Greece, and Scientific Advisor at the Benaki Museum in Athens, where she organised the 'Mother of God' exhibition in 2000-2001. Further Information Affiliation: Maria Vassilaki, University of Thessaly and Benaki Museum, Greece Illustrations: Includes 28 colour and 166 b&w illustrations ISBN: 0 7546 3603 8 Publication Date: 10/2004 - october 2004 Number of Pages: c. 400 pages Binding: Hardback Binding Options: A. Seller Inventory # 001890

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