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Art and Eloquence in Byzantium (Hardcover)
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Art and Eloquence in Byzantium (Hardcover)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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In this interdisciplinary study, Henry Maguire examines the
influence of several literary genres and rhetorical techniques on
the art of narration in Byzantium. He reveals the important and
wide-reaching influence of literature on the visual arts. In
particular, he shows that the literary embellishments of the
sermons and hymns of the church nourished the imaginations of
artists, and fundamentally affected the iconography, style, and
arrangement of their work. Using provocative material previously
unfamiliar to art historians, he concentrates on religious art from
A.D. 843 to 1453. Professor Maguire first considers the Byzantine
view of the link between oratory and painting, and then the nature
of rhetoric and its relationship to Christian literature. He
demonstrates how four rhetorical genres and devices—description,
antithesis, hyperbole, and lament—had a special affinity with the
visual arts and influenced several scenes in the Byzantine art,
including the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Massacre of the
Innocents, the Presentation, Christ's Passion, and the Dormition of
the Virgin. Through the literature of the church, Professor Maguire
concludes, the methods of rhetoric indirectly helped Byzantine
artists add vividness to their narratives, structure their
compositions, and enrich their work with languages. Once translated
into visual language, the artifices of rhetoric could be
appreciated by many. Henry Maguire is Assistant Professor of Art
History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the
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Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original
texts of these important books while presenting them in durable
paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy
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