Shopping Cart : is empty
Home   |    New Books  

The Secrets We Keep : Hidden Histories of the Byzantine Empire

by: Betancourt, R.

Price: 23,00 EURO

1 copy in stock
 
Category: New Books
Code: 30773
ISBN-13: 9781606069080 / 978-1-60606-908-0
ISBN-10: 160606908X / 1-60606-908-X
Publisher: Getty Research Institute
Publication Date: 2024
Publication Place: Los Angeles
Binding: Paper
Pages: 96
Book Condition: New
Comments: Thomas and Barbara Gaehtgens Lecture Series

The Secrets We Keep: Hidden Histories of the Byzantine Empire
Roland Betancourt

An intriguing look at secrecy during the Byzantine Empire and the role of the art historian in seeking truth.

Secrecy has played a role throughout human history and continues to capture the popular imagination. Some of the most seductive aspects of the Byzantine Empire—such as the relics of the imperial palace and the military uses of Greek fire—have been shrouded in mystery for centuries. This book provides a brief history of secrecy in Byzantium and examines the role of the art historian in uncovering the truth, demonstrating how visual evidence can not only reveal new findings but also purposely conceal answers.

Art historians face many challenges in their search for hidden knowledge, including accessing accounts preserved in fragmentary glimpses and reconciling how practices of speculation and reconstruction result in different, and sometimes contradictory, understandings. With pressing urgency, this book asks scholars to consider their role in articulating the stories of marginalized people, particularly for queer and trans history.

At the core of these investigations is the quest to discover how clandestine knowledge was transmitted and how relationships were strengthened by collective secret keeping, as well as how concealment is used as a strategy for exercising power. With insights into the religious, imperial, military, and cultural uses of secrecy, this book offers an intriguing look at the ways secrecy manifested itself during the Byzantine Empire and the implications it has for the issues we face today.

Roland Betancourt is professor of art history at the University of California, Irvine, a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow, and an expert on the Byzantine Empire.

96 pages
6 x 8 1/4 inches
28 color illustrations
ISBN 978-1-60606-908-0
paperback

Getty Publications
Imprint: Getty Research Institute
Series: Thomas and Barbara Gaehtgens Lecture series

2024

 
  Already viewed

The Secrets We Keep : Hidden Histories of the Byzantine Empire

by: Betancourt, R.

  • ISBN-13: 9781606069080 / 978-1-60606-908-0
  • ISBN-03: 160606908X / 1-60606-908-X
  • Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2024

Price: 23,00 EURO

1 copy in stock
 

Aristotle's modal logic : Essence and entailment in the Organon

by: Patterson, R.

  • ISBN-13: 9780521451680
  • ISBN-03: 052145168X
  • Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995

SOLD
 

John Zonaras' Epitome of Histories: A Compendium of Jewish-Roman History and Its Reception

by: Kampianaki, T.

  • ISBN-13: 9780192865106 / 978-0-19-286510-6
  • ISBN-03: 0192865102 / 0-19-286510-2
  • Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2022

SOLD