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Art and Eloquence in Byzantium
By (Author) Henry Maguire
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
26th March 2019
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
709.0214
Paperback
248
Width 216mm, Height 279mm
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 nouris