Byzantium and Landscapes of Loss: The Recreation of Constantinople in the Laskarid and Palaiologan Eras...

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Naomi Ruth Pitamber (Clark University, Massachusetts)

Byzantium and Landscapes of Loss

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The Recreation of Constantinople in the Laskarid and Palaiologan Eras

Naomi Ruth Pitamber (Clark University, Massachusetts)

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Cambridge University Press
19 February 2026

History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; History of architecture

This richly illustrated book presents the art, architecture, and material culture of a little-known Byzantine dynasty, the Laskarids of Nicaea (1204–1261), uncovering their multiple contributions to the so-called Palaiologan renaissance which occurred in Constantinople after the city was regained in 1261. It adds many new examples of artistic and archaeological material to the existing historical work on the period. These include new and renovated fortifications, churches, palaces, and defensive towers, as well as artistic media such as mosaics, frescoes, coins, seals, inscriptions, and ceramics. Naomi Pitamber argues that features from Constantinople and its associated imperial history were recalled, edited, and selected for quotation in Nicaean exile and informed the Palaiologan renaissance in Constantinople. Laskarid cultural production in Asia Minor physically linked the urban imperial past of Constantinople to the present exilic moment, building a bridge to a yet unknown but much hoped-for future reuniting capital, court, empire, and people.

By: Naomi Ruth Pitamber (Clark University Massachusetts)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 814g
ISBN: 9781009331791
ISBN 10: 1009331795
Pages: 354
Publication Date: 19 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. The Laskarid Periphery as Center and Source; 2. Imperial Laskarid Imagery from Exile; 3. The Palaiologan Palace of the Porphyrogennitos and Nymphaion; 4. Hagia Sophia in Constantinople and Nicaea; 5. Fresco Painting in the Laskarid Realm; 6. Laskarid Nicaea as the new 'New Rome'; 7. Conclusion and Epilogue.

NAOMI RUTH PITAMBER is Assistant Professor of Art History at Clark University. She was an ACLS Fellow and Getty Research Institute Scholar and has received fellowships from the Archaeological Institute of America, the Fulbright program, the Council for Library and Information Research, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.