History of Art

Monogrammkapitelle

Die justinianische Bauskulptur Konstantinopels als Textträger

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In this study, the capital series of the Hagia Sophia, the Sergios and Bakchos Churches and the Irene Church are systematically examined for the first time. In addition, the founder epigrams of the Sergios and Bakchos Churches as well as …

Vergangenheit als Konstrukt

Mittelalterbilder seit der Renaissance

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Mittelalterbilder und ihr Weiterleben seit der Renaissance sind das Thema des Sammelbandes, der interdisziplinäre Forschungsbeiträge aus historisch arbeitenden Kulturwissenschaften vereint. Im Vordergrund steht die Frage nach den Konstruktionsprinzipien und Bausteinen der Mittelalterbilder, die sich als Artefakte erweisen und Einsicht in …

Formelhaftigkeit in Text und Bild

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This volume comprises interdisciplinary papers on different subjects in the field of the humanities, which were read at a workshop of the same name at the University of Trier in 2008. For the first time, the papers focus on the …

The Mosaics of Roger II in Sicily

Visualizing Sacred Authority

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The ideas for this book emerged in direct eye contact with the mosaics on the scaffolds of the Cappella Palatina and the Martorana in Palermo and the Cathedral of Cefalù. With their mosaic programs, the three buildings embody unprecedented new …

Cilicia as Sacred Landscape in Late Antiquity

A Journey on the Trail of Apostles, Martyrs and Local Saints

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Cilicia as Sacred Landscape in Late Antiquity is a journey of discovery of the rich religious landscape of Cilicia in Asia Minor in Late Antiquity, with its contrasting and fascinating natural landscapes. Famous and prosperous cities of Cilicia Pedias such …

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Vol. 8

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Volume 8 of the Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie, edited by Markus Ritter and Nourane Ben Azzouna, with Sabiha Göloğlu, presents fresh research from the Ernst Herzfeld colloquia in Vienna and Strasbourg. The first part deals with architecture and …

Cuatrovitas (Bollullos de la Mitación, Prov. of Seville, Spain)

New investigations into the Almohad mosque and abandoned village

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The publication presents an investigation into rural settlement archeology in the hinterland of Almohad Seville. Many available methods from different disciplines were used for illustrating the past of Cuatrovitas. The informations are combined with 300 very explanatory figures and the …

Saints cavaliers

Culte et images en Géorgie aux IVe–XIe siècles

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This is the first archeological, iconographical and hagiological study, based on the unpublished archaeological research findings, that attempts to measure the importance of the Georgian environment for the genesis of this theme and for a broad understanding of the cult …

Prudentius’ Contra Symmachum, Vergil und Rom

Ein historisch-philologischer Beitrag zur Auseinandersetzung zwischen Christen und Heiden am Ende des 4. Jh. n. Chr.

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Prudentius, der größte christliche Dichter der römischen Spätantike, veröffentlichte ca. 402 n. Chr. seine Libri Contra Symmachum mit der Ansage, „die Opferkulte der Heiden zerschlagen“ zu wollen. Gleichzeitig enthält das Streitgedicht auffällig viele Vergil-Reminiszenzen. Mit einem historisch-philologischen Ansatz und dem …

The Creation of the Illustrated Octateuch

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The illustrated Octateuch is among the most complex creations of the Middle Byzantine period. The Septuagint text of the first eight books of the Old Testament contains hundreds of miniatures in addition to a dense commentary, notes with variant readings, …

Die Stuckarbeiten aus Kharab Sayyar

Das Große Haus und die Moschee

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Einer der überraschenden Entdeckungen unserer Ausgrabungen im abbasidischen Kharab Sayyar war die Freilegung mehrerer stuckverzierter Wände in Privathäusern und in der Großen Moschee. Als Motive kommen u.a. unendliche Blätter, die sog. Fischblasen, zweiseitig entwickelte Dreiecke, an deren Spitze sich konzentrische …

Purpur in Byzanz

Privileg und Würdeformel

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As a supplement to the studies mentioned above and in response to the persistent desideratum of the few pictorial sources that have been analysed, this work focuses on the significance of purple fabric and purple colour in pictorial works and …

Impermanent Monuments, Lasting Legacies: The Dār al-Khilāfa of Samarra and Palace Building in Early Abbasid Iraq

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This book offers a new interpretation of early Abbasid palaces as “impermanent monuments.” Synthesizing an array of sources, ranging from archaeological finds and classical Arabic literature to modern studies on the social and intellectual history of Islamic civilization, it reveals …

Mitteilungen zur Spätantiken Archäologie und Byzantinischen Kunstgeschichte 8-2021

Imaginum orbis. Bilderwelten zwischen Spätantike und Byzanz. Festschrift anlässlich des 80. Geburtstags von Johannes G. Deckers

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This book is a commemorative publication on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. Johannes G. Deckers, former professor of Byzantine art history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. The volume brings together a total of 18 contributions by …

Mittelalter-Rezeption im zeitgenössischen Musiktheater

Katalog und Fallstudien

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Medieval subjects have played a significant role in the history of opera and musical theater. Since 1945 over 350 works have been set in the Middle Ages or demonstrate a reception of medieval topics or events. These are catalogued with …

Von Allah bis Zypresse

Bildwörterbuch zur islamischen Ikonographie

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The alleged Mohammedan image ban is opposed by a diverse Islamic world of images, which knows religious and profane scenes as well as mythological and symbolic motifs. They are opened here for the first time systematically and for all art …

Reading Across Modern Arabic Literature and Art

Three Case Studies: Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Abd al-Rahman Munif, Etel Adnan

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Interrelations of literature and art, word and image, are manifold. However, they have remained largely unexplored when it comes to literature and art in the Arab world. This book aims at introducing interarts studies to Middle Eastern studies and, at …

Les sculptures antiques du Musée d’art et d’archéologie du Pays de Laon - Die antiken Skulpturen des Musée d’art et d’archeologie du Pays de Laon

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In the latest volume of the MAR catalogue series the ancient sculptures of the Museum of Laon (France) are presented for the first time in their entirety. The catalogue consists largely of the collection assembled by Paul Marguerite de la …

Der Mythos Niko Pirosmani

Auf den Spuren eines kuriosen Künstlerlebens im Georgien der Jahrhundertwende. Übersetzt aus dem Georgischen von Heinz Fähnrich

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Today, Niko Pirosmani (1865-1919) is considered one of the most important painters in the history of 20th century art. As a self-taught, penniless vagabond and artist in life, his work was characterised by a uniqueness that was fed exclusively by …

Die liturgischen Orte im Wandel der Zeit

Taufe – Beichte – Abendmahl – Predigt

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From antiquity to the present, the theological and art-historical development of the places where the sacraments of baptism, confession and the Lord's Supper are administered and the sermon is presented on 300 pages and with over three hundred images. The …