Byzantine collections : the permanent exhibiton

Körperschaft: Vyzantino Mouseio (Athens, Greece)
Weitere Verfasser: Kōnstantios, Dēmētrios N.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Athens : Byzantine and Christian Museum, 2010.
Umfang/Format: 226 [2] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Our museological proposal
  • The museographical proposal.
  • Introduction: The Byzantine Empire. - From Ancient World to Byzantium. - Old forms - new symbols. - Secular life. - Public life. - Private life.
  • The temples of the new religion. - The Ilissos basilica.
  • The Christianization of the ancient temples. - Christianity installed in the ancient temples of Athens - The conversion of the Parthenon to a Christian church.
  • Christian Egypt: coptic art.
  • "In pastures green": Christians in the face of death.
  • The Byzantine world. - Authority and administration. - The age of crisis. - The Mytilene Hoard. - The iconoclasm. - Art in the age of crisis. - Sculpture in the late 9th century.
  • Worship and art.
  • The wall paintings of a Byzantine church: the Episkopi in Eurytania.
  • Attica: a Byzantine province.
  • Franks and Latins in Byzantium.
  • Aspects of public and private life. - The decoration of secular buildings. - Jewellery: ornament and protection. - Costume. - Forms of private devotion - The production of pottery. - Maritime trade of ceramic wares. - Household ceramic wares.
  • The Palaiologan period: the final flowering of Byzantium.
  • The Fall of Constantinople