1st Edition
Maniera Greca in Europe's Catholic East On Identities of Images in Lithuania and Poland (1380s–1720s)
By Giedre Mickunaite
Copyright 2023
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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How and why does vernacular art become foreign? What does ‘Greek manner’ mean in regions far beyond the Mediterranean? What stories do images need? How do narratives shape pictures? The study addresses these questions in Byzantine paintings from the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, contextualized with evidence from Poland, Serbia, Russia, and Italy. The research follows developments in artistic... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction or an eye in debris, I. Silence, Beyond confessions: Byzantine paintings in Lithuanian castles, Along the bulwark of Christianity: Moravan masters and Lithuanian patron?, Catholic supervision: the Crucifixion in Vilnius Cathedral, II. Negotiations, From home to house: Jagiellonian commissions of Byzantine paintings in Poland, Interlude of the 'schismatic queen', Greekness venerated, known, obsolete, On hands that paint, III. Translations, Church turned eastwards, minds westwards, Form follows story, Truth: displayed, seen, known, performed, Conclusions: Greek image in temporal and semantic loops.
Biography
Giedre Mickunaite focuses on temporal dimensions of pictorial and verbal imagery. She explores structures of cultural legacy and regards oblivion as a vehicle in production of late medieval and early modern culture. Since 2003, Mickunaite teaches and carries art historical research at the Vilnius Academy of Arts in Lithuania.
