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100	1		_aConnor, Carolyn L. _q(Carolyn Loessel) _91782 _eauthor
245	1	0	_aArt and miracles in medieval Byzantium : _bthe crypt at Hosios Loukas and its frescoes / _cCarolyn L. Connor.
260			_aPrinceton, N.J. : _bPrinceton University Press, _cc1991.
300			_axiii, 132 pages, approximately 68 pages of plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c29 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 125-128) and index.
505	0		_aThe frescoes -- Architecture and liturgy -- Context and patronage.
520			_a"The frescoes of the newly restored crypt at the Byzantine monastery of Hosios Loukas in Greece represent one of the best preserved ensembles of monumental decoration to survive from the Middle Ages. In this first full photo-documentation of the crypt at the monastery founded by Saint Luke of Steiris in the mid-tenth century, Carolyn Connor shows how the frescoes reflect the funerary and commemorative functions of the architecture they embellish, and how they suggest a new way of looking at this part of the medieval Byzantine empire. Offering clues to the sources of wealth and the motives of patrons who made possible such a lavish foundation, these frescoes also offer insight into Byzantine beliefs about miracles and healing cults - a topic rarely so well documented as in this fascinating monument. Connor begins by examining the complex relationships among the frescoes: together the forty portraits of saints, eight Christological scenes, and other depictions proclaim a message of salvation and confirm that this crypt was a place of miracles. Through a study of contemporary documents and of the religious, cultural, social, and political background of the monastery, Connor integrates the program of the frescoes with its historical context. The result is a new dating for this monastery - changed from the eleventh to the second half of the tenth century - based on historical evidence and on a fresh interpretation of the stages of building recounted in the Life of Saint Luke." -- Publisher's description.
610	2	0	_aHosios Loukas (Monastery : Voiotia, Greece) _91322
650		0	_aMural painting and decoration, Byzantine _zGreece _zVoiotia _91783
650		0	_aMural painting and decoration, Greek _zGreece _zVoiotia _91784
650		0	_aSalvation in art _91785
650		0	_aChristian art and symbolism _zGreece _zVoiotia _yMedieval, 500-1500 _91786
650		0	_aCrypts _zGreece _zVoiotia _91787
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