Sacred Images and Sacred Power in Byzantium

Gary Vikan

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Variorum
29 October 2003

Art Treatments & Subjects; European history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Social & cultural history; Cultural studies

Series: Variorum Collected Studies

"In these studies Gary Vikan has opened new perspectives on the daily life and material culture of Late Antiquity - more specifically, on icons and relics and on objects revealing of the world of pilgrimage, the early cult of saints and marriage. He contextualizes these familiar categories of object in the patterns of belief and ritual extracted from contemporary texts and the objects themselves, in order to understand their meaning within the everyday lives of those by whom and for whom they were made. The studies give a nuanced delineation of the inherently ambiguous boundary between conventional religion and magic, noting repeatedly those instances wherein the two are invoked in the same breath (and by way of the same art object), toward the same end. From this historically constructed matrix of art, belief and ritual, the author derives an anthropologically defined paradigm of charisma and pilgrimage (applied in one essay, as an intriguing parallel, to deconstructing the world of a contemporary secular ""saint"", Elvis Presley)."

By: Gary Vikan
Imprint: Variorum
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Volume: CS778
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 169mm, Spine: 178mm
Weight: 793g
ISBN: 9780860789345
ISBN 10: 0860789349
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 29 October 2003
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Gary Vikan is Director of the Walters Art Museum and Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Reviews for Sacred Images and Sacred Power in Byzantium

'Dr Vikan ... has been an innovator in opening up fields of interest in Byzantine art, notably in pilgrimage and the history of the icon. His papers are full of important juxtapositions of objects and ideas... At a time when 'icon' has become the most over-used word in the English language, Dr Vikan offers a very refreshing set of 'ruminations'.' The Art Newspaper 'A must for all libraries with research collections on Christian art.' International Review of Biblical Studies 'These are the sorts of writings that can spark the interest of undergraduates, graduates, and mature scholars alike.' The Catholic Historical Review