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Arms and Armour in Byzantine Art
Studies in Military Iconography, 11th - 15th Centuries
Series: - Visualising the Middle Ages, Volume: 17
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This volume examines the iconography of military equipment in the art of the Orthodox milieu in the Middle Ages. The authors address various problems, such as the veracity of representations of military equipment, the issue of presence of archaisms in the artwork, and the meaning and symbolism of armour in the Byzantine world.
Taken together, these studies offer valuable insights for archaeologists and art historians concerned with the legacy of the medieval world, and for scholars interested in the history of military equipment.
Contributors are Andrea Babuin, Timothy G. Dawson, Dejan Gjorgjievski, Piotr Å. Grotowski, Marka TomiÄ, and Mamuka Tsurtsumia.
Taken together, these studies offer valuable insights for archaeologists and art historians concerned with the legacy of the medieval world, and for scholars interested in the history of military equipment.
Contributors are Andrea Babuin, Timothy G. Dawson, Dejan Gjorgjievski, Piotr Å. Grotowski, Marka TomiÄ, and Mamuka Tsurtsumia.
Piotr Å. Grotowski, Ph.D. (2003), Jagiellonian University, is Assistant Professor of Art History at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow. He has published monographs, translations and articles on Byzantine art, including Arms and Armour of the Warrior Saints: Tradition and Innovation in Byzantine Iconography (Brill, 2010).
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âPiotr Å. Grotowski
1 A Case Study for Assessing Realism in Byzantine Art: the Example of Military Equipment, with Particular Reference to Armour
âTimothy G. Dawson
2 Georgian Military Equipment â between Art and Reality
âMamuka Tsurtsumia
3 Byzantine Armor in the Basilica of San Marco
âAndrea Babuin
4 New Findings of Weapons from Medieval Skopje and Tiberiopolis
âDejan Gjorgjievski
5 The Crowning and Investiture with Arms and Armour of Saint Demetrius: an Artistic Approach in the Monumental Art of Medieval Serbia
âMarka TomiÄ
6 East Facing West: Military Equipment in the Orthodox Frescoes in the Gothic Churches of the First Jagiellonians
âPiotr Å. Grotowski
Bibliography
Index of Persons
Index of Places
Index of Technical Terms
Iconographic Index
List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âPiotr Å. Grotowski
1 A Case Study for Assessing Realism in Byzantine Art: the Example of Military Equipment, with Particular Reference to Armour
âTimothy G. Dawson
2 Georgian Military Equipment â between Art and Reality
âMamuka Tsurtsumia
3 Byzantine Armor in the Basilica of San Marco
âAndrea Babuin
4 New Findings of Weapons from Medieval Skopje and Tiberiopolis
âDejan Gjorgjievski
5 The Crowning and Investiture with Arms and Armour of Saint Demetrius: an Artistic Approach in the Monumental Art of Medieval Serbia
âMarka TomiÄ
6 East Facing West: Military Equipment in the Orthodox Frescoes in the Gothic Churches of the First Jagiellonians
âPiotr Å. Grotowski
Bibliography
Index of Persons
Index of Places
Index of Technical Terms
Iconographic Index
The book is addressed to scholars involved into studies on Byzantine and Orthodox art in wide sense, especially to those who work with realia in costume and military equipment depictions.