Pedone S. Visual effects and visual infection in Islamic and Byzantine champlevé sculpture

Title Visual effects and visual infection in Islamic and Byzantine champlevé sculpture
Author email silvia.pedone@gmail.com
About author Pedone, Silvia, Ph.D. Tor Vergata University, Rome, adjunct professor
In the section Eastern Christian Art
Year 2012 Volume 2 Pages 73–77
Type of article RAR Index UDK 7.033.2; 7.033.3 Index BBK 85.11
Abstract

The presence of the same or very similar decorative motifs and techniques in diff erent artistic traditions is currently a much-debated topic in art historical studies, particularly in Byzantine studies. Usually the phenomenon is explained through “contacts” or “contagions” connecting different cultures and making possible artistic exchanges, within the wider context of cultural migrations and expansions. Th e Mediterranean area off ers a still vivid witness of such contagion process, and the present paper aims at exploring it through the analysis of a particular artistic technique, the champlevé sculpture, spread out both in Islamic and Byzantine world.
 
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Reference Pedone S. Visual effects and visual infection in Islamic and Byzantine champlevé sculpture. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 2. Eds: Anna V. Zakharova. St. Petersburg, NP-Print Publ., 2012, pp. 73–77. ISSN 2312-2129.
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