The Emperor and the World: Exotic Elements and the Imaging of Middle Byzantine Imperial Power, Ninth to Thirteenth Centuries C.E.

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THE EMPEROR AND THE WORLD
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Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
AUTHOR\'S NOTE
INTRODUCTION: Imaging Emperor and Empire in the Middle Byzantine Era
	THE “OFFICIAL” IMPERIAL IMAGE AND THE “SUCCESS” OF “ORIENTAL” ART AT THE BYZANTINE COURT
	DIFFERENCE AND MUTABILITY IN THE MIDDLE BYZANTINE IMPERIAL IMAGE
CHAPTER ONE EMULATION: slamic imports in the iconoclast Era – Power, Prestige, and the Imperial Image
	IMPERIAL IMAGERY IN THE ERA OF ICONOCLASM AND THE EMULATION OF FOREIGN ART
	SECULAR IMAGERY IN NINTH-CENTURY BYZANTINE SILKS
	CONTACT AND CONFLICT: BYZANTIUM AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD IN THE NINTH CENTURY
CHAPTER TWO APPROPRIATION: Stylistic Juxtaposition and the Expression of Power
	THE ICONOCLAST IMAGE OF IMPERIAL AUTHORITY AND THE TRANSITION TO THE MACEDONIAN ERA
	CONTEXTUALIZING THE TROYES CASKET: CURRENT ARGUMENTS FOR ITS DATE
	MACEDONIAN IMPERIAL ICONOGRAPHY AND IDEOLOGY
		The Lid
		The Front and Back Panels
		The End Panels
	THE TROYES CASKET AND MIDDLE BYZANTINE IMPERIAL IDEOLOGY
	DIPLOMATIC GIFTS: THE EXPEDIENT ESCAPE
CHAPTER THREE PARITY: Crafting a Byzantine-Iislamic Community of Kings
	DIPLOMATIC GIFTS IN MEDIEVAL COURTS
	CONSTANTINE VII AND DE ADMINISTRANDO IMPERIO
	AMBIGUITY IN GIFT EXCHANGE
	PURPLE CLOTH AND LAURATA
	WHITE BIRDS AND TURKISH SLAVES
	THE SADDLE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
	A VEST WITH THE SEAL OF SOLOMON
	RELICS, AMULETS, AND GIFT EXCHANGE
CHAPTER FOUR EXPROPRIATION: Rhetorical Images of the Emperor and the articulation of Difference
	FABRIC AND FORMAT
	VIGNETTES DEPICTING ALEXANDER, HERAKLES, AND SAINT GEORGE
	IMPERIAL EXEGESIS
	THE CROSS-LEGGED LUTE PLAYER
	VISUAL RHETORIC IN THE DARMSTADT CASKET
	THE DARMSTADT CASKET AND MIDDLE BYZANTINE IMPERIAL IDEOLOGY
	THE COMMON CULTURE MODEL AND THE QUESTION OF FUNCTION
CHAPTER FIVE INCOMPARABILITY: The Aesthetics of Imperial Authority
	THE MOUCHROUTAS: FORM, FUNCTION, AND FOREIGN ORIGIN
	EKPHRASIS AS ARGUMENT: THE MOUCHROUTAS AS A RHETORICAL DEVICE
CONCLUSION
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NOTES
	PREFACE
	INTRODUCTION
	CHAPTER ONE. EMULATION: ISLAMIC IMPORTS IN THE ICONOCLAST ERA – POWER, PRESTIGE, AND THE IMPERIAL IMAGE
	CHAPTER TWO. APPROPRIATION: STYLISTIC JUXTAPOSITION AND THE EXPRESSION OF POWER
	CHAPTER THREE. PARITY: CRAFTING A BYZANTINE-ISLAMIC COMMUNITY OF KINGS
	CHAPTER FOUR. EXPROPRIATION: RHETORICAL IMAGES OF THE EMPEROR AND THE ARTICULATION OF DIFFERENCE
	CHAPTER FIVE. INCOMPARABILITY: THE AESTHETICS OF IMPERIAL AUTHORITY
	CONCLUSION
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