#  HAA 240r 

 





 Semester:   Spring 

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 Year offered:  2019 

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 Link: [Course Website](https://courses.my.harvard.edu/psp/courses/EMPLOYEE/EMPL/h/?tab=HU_CLASS_SEARCH…) 

 

 

 

*Topics in Byzantine Art: Images of Devotion*  
Ioli Kalavrezou  
Wednesdayday 3-5:45pm  
The seminar will study the cult of relics and icons housed in churches and palaces of medieval Constantinople. Topics include the development of image and relic veneration, the roles attached to the power and protection of the Virgin Mary, civic rituals and public processions, the political and diplomatic use of icons and reliquaries, and their place in the public and private lives of the citizens of the imperial metropolis.



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Spring 2019 ](/classterm/spring-2019)