TY - BOOK ID - 3036522 TI - Reconstructing the Reality of Images : Byzantine Material Culture and Religious Iconography (11th - 15th Centuries) PY - 2003 VL - 41 SN - 09285520 SN - 9004124624 9004473696 9789004124622 9789004473690 PB - Leiden; Boston : BRILL DB - UniCat KW - Material culture KW - Material culture in art. KW - Art, Byzantine. KW - Christianity and art KW - Semiotics KW - Orthodox Eastern Church. KW - Art, Byzantine KW - Material culture in art KW - Semeiotics KW - Semiology (Linguistics) KW - Semantics KW - Signs and symbols KW - Structuralism (Literary analysis) KW - Culture KW - Folklore KW - Technology KW - Orthodox Eastern Church and art KW - Byzantine art KW - Art, Medieval KW - Christian art and symbolism KW - Orthodox Eastern Church KW - Material culture - Byzantine Empire. KW - Christianity and art - Orthodox Eastern Church. KW - Semiotics - Byzantine Empire. KW - Byzantine Empire UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3036522 AB - This volume examines the occurrence of secular contemporary artefacts (realia) in Middle and Late Byzantine religious painting. It explores the potential of Byzantine art as a source of information on material culture and inquires into the semiotic function of realia in religious pictorial contexts. The first part of the book comprises five case studies dedicated to imperial, official, aristocratic, and military dress, furniture, furnishings, and implements. The creative processes that led to the introduction of realia into religious iconography are discussed in the commentary. The book conveys a wealth of information especially on Byzantine dress and provides valuable new insights into the workings of Byzantine art. It is an original and thorough investigation of a fascinating, yet surprisingly little-studied subject. ER -