Donor Portraits in Byzantine Art : The Vicissitudes of Contact between Human and Divine

Argues that donor portraits in Byzantine art should instead be considered as contact portraits. Contends that the most important feature of the scenes of supplication between mortals and holy, supernatural interlocutors consists in the active role that they play within the belief systems of the supplicants.

• | : Rico Franses (American University of Beirut)
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 23, 2023
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 261 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1108407587
• | ISBN-13: 9781108407588