{"product_id":"byzantine-things-in-the-world-glenn-peers-9780300191783","title":"Byzantine Things in the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow did Byzantine culture understand its own objects we now call \"art\"? This enlightening publication proposes that they saw and experienced clay pilgrim tokens, relief stamps, and icons of saints as dynamic and fully active and alive in the world. The materials used and the sensory impressions they created were an integral part of the Byzantine God-saturated world. Gold was considered a living material and tokens from locations associated with a saint's physical life extended his or her presence into pilgrims' lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book attempts to overturn conventional art historical thought through a combination of material investigation, historical recovery, and hermeneutic clearing. Distinguished authors argue that categorizing these objects made for Medieval Greek Christians as art is incorrect, instead suggesting that they were rooted in a world with an animistic view of living things.\u003cp\u003eProvocatively interweaving Byzantine material culture and art with analogs like Kongo \u003ci\u003enkondi \u003c\/i\u003efigures and works by James Lee Byars, Donald Judd, and Yves Klein, this volume features the Menil Collection's superb holdings and fresh perspectives by a range of art historians.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistributed for The Menil Collection \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Menil Collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (05\/03\/13-08\/18\/13)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glenn Peers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300191782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300191783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Menil Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.70h x 8.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2014","brand":"Glenn Peers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47965127966975,"sku":"9780300191783","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4719e822-bf7c-4d67-b770-137b192b2be7.jpg?v=1767278583","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/byzantine-things-in-the-world-glenn-peers-9780300191783","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}