A complete survey of the representation of the Virgin in Byzantine art through a wide selection of works in all media. Icons, illuminated manuscripts, ivories, metalworks, marble reliefs and textiles, dating from the 6th to the 14th century coming from the Benaki Museum in Athens and from many other major public and private collections worldwide. This is the most original and up-to-date publication on the subject, in which art-historical, historical, iconographic and theological issues are brought together for the first time in an effort to cover all aspects of the cult and representation of the Mother of God
Author(s): Maria Vassilaki
Edition: First printing
Publisher: Skira
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 531
Tags: Medieval art, Christian art, Eastern Christian art, Byzantine art, Icons
Cover
Preface
Foreword
Contents
I. On the cult and theology of the Virgin
The early cult of the Virgin
Constantinople as Theotokopolis
The Mother of God in the iconoclastic controversy
The maternal side of the Virgin
Miracle-working icons of the Mother of God
The Virgin Mary in the texts of the Gospels
On the information concerning the Virgin Mary contained in the apocryphal gospels
II. Representing the Virgin
With the paintbrush of the Evangelist Luke
The Mother of God in apse mosaics
The Mother of God in the mosaics of Hagia Sophia at Constantinople
The Mother of God in wall-paitings
The Mother of God in portable icons
The Mother of God in illuminated manuscripts
The Mother of God in ivory
The Mother of God in enamel
The Mother of God in steatite
The Mother of God in metalwork: silver plate and revetments
The Mother of God on coins and lead seals
The Mother of God in Coptic textiles
The Mother of God in jewellery
The Mother of God in sculpture
III. The catalogue
Section one. Early representations of the Mother of God
Section two. The cult of the Mother of God in private
Section three. The Mother of God in public
Section four. The veneration of the Virgin Hodegetria and the Hodegon Monastery
Section five. Between East and West
Section six. Representations of the Virgin and their association with the passion of Christ
Bibliography / Glossary / Index
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Photographic credits
