IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 713: Climate, the Environment, and the Natural World in Byzantium, II: Art, Climate, Death, and Disease
Tuesday 6 July 2021, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham |
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Organiser: | Leslie Brubaker, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies / Institute of Archaeology & Antiquity, University of Birmingham |
Moderator/Chair: | Daniel K. Reynolds, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham |
Paper 713-a | Nature into Art the Byzantine Way (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Byzantine Studies |
Paper 713-b | Mosaic-Making and Climate Change in the Holy Land (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Byzantine Studies |
Paper 713-c | Health and Disease in Early Byzantine Burials (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Byzantine Studies, Medicine |
Abstract | The impact of nature, climate, and the environment on visual images and material culture in Byzantium was very strong. Papers in this session evaluate images of the natural world, how climate change impacted on artisanal techniques, and evidence from burials of the effect of natural phenomena on human life. |