Fully-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.
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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.
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Scholarly Tome, not a Coffee Table Book!,
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This review is from: Images of the Mother of God: Perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium (Hardcover)
I used this book as a reference for my graduate research paper on Theotokos. It is excellent for an in-depth look and research because it is a collection of scholarly articles about different emphases on Theotokos. It is primarily text with black and white images supporting the theses, and some small color plates. The book was compiled from a symposium of authorities re: a major exhibition in Athens in 2000 on the Mother of God.
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texte patriographique, secco wall painting, imperial feminine, apse conch, divine coal, iconoclast dispute, iconographic type, crusader art, iconoclast period, usual miracle, reliquary cross, portable icons, stational liturgy, icon veneration, plagal mode, iconoclastic period, iconographic programme, apse mosaic, ivory diptych, lead seals, imperial women, early cult, intercessory role, frontal figure, frontal pose Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mother of God, Zoodochos Pege, Virgin Mary, Dumbarton Oaks, New York, Benaki Museum, John the Baptist, Middle Byzantine, Maria Maggiore, Hagia Sophia, Salus Populi Romani, Virgin Hodegetria, Maria Nova, Holy Land, Old Testament, Liber Pontificalis, Middle Ages, Theodore of Stoudios, Byzantine Museum, Maria Regina, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Hagia Soros, Koimesis Church, Akathistos Hymn, Ark of the Covenant New!
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texte patriographique, secco wall painting, imperial feminine, apse conch, divine coal, iconoclast dispute, iconographic type, crusader art, iconoclast period, usual miracle, reliquary cross, portable icons, stational liturgy, icon veneration, plagal mode, iconoclastic period, iconographic programme, apse mosaic, ivory diptych, lead seals, imperial women, early cult, intercessory role, frontal figure, frontal pose Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mother of God, Zoodochos Pege, Virgin Mary, Dumbarton Oaks, New York, Benaki Museum, John the Baptist, Middle Byzantine, Maria Maggiore, Hagia Sophia, Salus Populi Romani, Virgin Hodegetria, Maria Nova, Holy Land, Old Testament, Liber Pontificalis, Middle Ages, Theodore of Stoudios, Byzantine Museum, Maria Regina, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Hagia Soros, Koimesis Church, Akathistos Hymn, Ark of the Covenant New!
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- Mother of God by Maria Vassilaki on 60 pages
- Byzantine Magic (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & collection) by Henry Maguire on 4 pages
- Byzantine Lead Seals (Byzantine Collection Publications Series, No 7) by Nicolas Oikonomides on page 155, page 175, and page 176
- The Byzantine Wall Paintings of Crete (Art) by Konstantin Kalokyris on page 298, page 348, and page 349
- Divine Heiress: The Virgin Mary and the Making of Christian Constantinople by Vasiliki Limberis on page 16, page 18, and page 145
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