Byzantium/Modernism
By Yale Department of the History of Art
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Description
"Byzantium/Modernism" investigates the prolific interest in the Byzantine at the turn of the century and its effects on art and architecture up to the present. These talks open a discussion as to how Byzantine art and philosophy can contribute to modern and contemporary visual culture in light of new media and their technologies.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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| 1 | VideoVoice and Incarnation in Contemporary Images: Patristic Thought in Tarkovsky’s Films | Marie-José Mondzain's presentation is an analysis of early-Christian image theory and the doctrine of the incarnation manifested in the work of the Russian filmmaker, Andrei Tarkovsky. | 5/17/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 2 | VideoThe History of Autobiography and Byzantine Literature | Professor Papaioannou's paper analyzes the (mis-)reading of Byzantine self-referential writing in Georg Misch’s Geschichte der Autobiographie, the first volume of which appeared in 1907. | 5/17/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 3 | VideoByzantium Conference Introduction | What does modern art have to gain from Byzantium? In this introduction to the Byzantium/Modernism Symposium, conference co-chair Roland Betancourt addresses these questions in the context of modern and byzantine art history. | 5/17/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
| 4 | VideoByzantium Conference Opening Remarks | What does modern art have to gain from Byzantium? This video presents opening remarks and acknowledgments by co-chair Maria Taroutina for the Byzantium/Modernism Symposium. | 5/17/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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