L’Art byzantin ou la conversion du regard

Les voyageurs francais au XIXe siecle en Italie

by Patrick Brunet

Book cover: L’Art byzantin ou la conversion du regard

Extent: 2024 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Art & Art History, Italian Studies, Nineteenth-Century Studies

Series: Etudes romantiques et dix-neuviemistes

Series volume number: 134

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(March 2024)

ISBN: 9782406160472

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $74.00

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Hardback (Published)

(March 2024)

ISBN: 9782406165064

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $136.00

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This study, the first of its kind, looks at the presence of Byzantine art in Italy in nineteenth-century travel guides and diaries. It sheds light on how shifting perspectives led to a new appreciation of Byzantine art, as well as pondering the role of travel literature in its reception.

  • By (author) Patrick Brunet