{"product_id":"the-bronze-horseman-of-justinian-in-constantinople-the-cross-cultural-biography-of-a-mediterranean-monument-paperback-9781316647646","title":"The Bronze Horseman of Justinian in Constantinople; The Cross-Cultural Biography of a Mediterranean Monument (Paperback \/ softback) 9781316647646","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Bronze Horseman of Justinian in Constantinople\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Cross-Cultural Biography of a Mediterranean Monument\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBiography of the medieval Mediterranean's most cross-culturally significant sculptural monument, the tallest in the pre-modern world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElena N. Boeck (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316647646, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 August 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e479 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 2.5 cm, 0.759 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'By exploring connections between history writing and imagination, The Bronze Horseman of Justinian in Constantinople takes an innovative look at the cultural biography of objects. In conducting her engaging inquiry, Boeck explores an extraordinary number and diversity of sources, both textual and visual, related to the monument.' Brigitte Pitarakis, YILLIK: Annual of Istanbul Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJustinian's triumphal column was the tallest free-standing column of the pre-modern world and was crowned with arguably the largest metal equestrian sculpture created anywhere in the world before 1699. The Byzantine empire's bronze horseman towered over the heart of Constantinople, assumed new identities, spawned conflicting narratives, and acquired widespread international acclaim. Because all traces of Justinian's column were erased from the urban fabric of Istanbul in the sixteenth century, scholars have undervalued its astonishing agency and remarkable longevity. Its impact in visual and verbal culture was arguably among the most extensive of any Mediterranean monument. This book analyzes Byzantine, Islamic, Slavic, Crusader, and Renaissance historical accounts, medieval pilgrimages, geographic, apocalyptic and apocryphal narratives, vernacular poetry, Byzantine, Bulgarian, Italian, French, Latin, and Ottoman illustrated manuscripts, Florentine wedding chests, Venetian paintings, and Russian icons to provide an engrossing and pioneering biography of a contested medieval monument during the millennium of its life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Justinian's Entry into Constantinople: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Making of Justinian's Forum\u003cbr\u003e 3. Defying a Defining Witness: The Bronze Horseman and the Buildings (De Aedificiis) of Prokopios\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Horseman of Baghdad Responds to the Horseman of Constantinople\u003cbr\u003e 5. Soothing Imperial Anxieties: Theophilos and the Restoration of Justinian's Crown\u003cbr\u003e 6. Debating Justinian's Merits in the Tenth Century\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Bronze Horseman and a Dark Hour for Humanity\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Horseman Becomes Heraclius: Crusading Narratives of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e 9. From Exile in Nicaea to Restoration of Constantinople\u003cbr\u003e 10. A Learned Dialogue Across the Ages: Pachymeres Confronts Prokopios\u003cbr\u003e 11. Orb-session: Constantinople's Future in the Bronze Horseman's Hand\u003cbr\u003e 12. Justinian's Column and the Antiquarian Gaze: A Centuries-Old 'Secret' Exposed\u003cbr\u003e 13. A Timeless Ideal: Constantinople in Slavonic Imagination of the Fourteenth to Fifteenth Centuries\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Horseman Meets its End\u003cbr\u003e 15. Horse as Historia, Byzantium as Allegory\u003cbr\u003e 16. Shadowy Past and Menacing Future\u003cbr\u003e 17. After the Fall: The Bronze Horseman and Eternal Tsar'grad\u003cbr\u003e Postscript: The Horseman's Debut in Print.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e], History of architecture [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of architecture\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20architecture%20%5BAMX%5D%22\"\u003eAMX\u003c\/a\u003e], History of art: Byzantine \u0026amp; Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of art: Byzantine \u0026amp; Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20art:%20Byzantine%20\u0026amp;%20Medieval%20art%20c%20500%20CE%20to%20c%201400%20%5BACK%5D%22\"\u003eACK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908957102360,"sku":"9781316647646","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316647646i.jpg?v=1696731745","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-bronze-horseman-of-justinian-in-constantinople-the-cross-cultural-biography-of-a-mediterranean-monument-paperback-9781316647646","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}