Written in response to an exhibition the author curated at The Menil Collection in 2013, these essays challenge us to find novel ways to explore Byzantine art.

This volume explores the power of matter and materials in the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium. Recent attention to matter as dynamic and meaningfu

This volume assesses how current approaches to iconology and iconography break new ground in understanding the signification and reception of medieval images, b

How can something finite mediate an infinite God? Weaving patristics, theology, art history, aesthetics, and religious practice with the hermeneutic phenomenolo

Material culture has emerged in recent decades as a significant theoretical concern for the study of religion. This book contributes to and evaluates this mater