IMC 2014: Sessions
Session 308: Metropolitan / Provincial: Shifting Paradigms in the Study of Byzantine Art and Architecture
Monday 7 July 2014, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art & Culture, Hellenic College Holy Cross, Massachusetts |
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| Organiser: | Vasileios Marinis, Yale Divinity School, Yale University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Vasileios Marinis, Yale Divinity School, Yale University |
| Paper 308-a | What is Provincial about the Provinces of Eretz Israel?: Selected Case Studies of Early Byzantine Architectural Sculpture and Floor Mosaics from the Holy Land (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Art History - General, Art History - Sculpture, Byzantine Studies |
| Paper 308-b | Provincial Wall Paintings Re-Examined: A Different Perspective on Painted Decorations from the Island of Naxos, Greece (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting, Byzantine Studies |
| Paper 308-c | Too Good to be Provincial: Too Poor to be Constantinopolitan - Late Antique Floor Mosaics from Istanbul (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Modern Scholarship |
| Abstract | The binary of metropolitan/provincial dominated much of the historical discourse on Byzantine art in the 20th century. According to this model, Constantinople, both an originator and a broker of styles and innovation, occupied a dominant position in the artistic production throughout the Empire. Thus the study of art created in the provinces was often framed by stylistic and iconographic comparisons with (real or imagined) Constantinopolitan models. Although recent research has deconstructed its most dubious claims, this methodological paradigm continues to stand. Through three case studies, this session aims to offer new and nuanced approaches to this topic. |