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The Material and the Ideal: Essays in Medieval Art and Archaeology in Honour of Jean-Michel Spieser

The Material and the Ideal: Essays in Medieval Art and Archaeology in Honour of Jean-Michel Spieser Book Reviews 325 hoped that Crusading in Frankish Greece will stimulate further interest in what is evi- dently a rich and rewarding field of research. NICHOLAS MORTON Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom nicholas.morton@ntu.ac.uk © 2014, Nicholas Morton http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2014.956482 The Material and the Ideal: Essays in Medieval Art and Archaeology in Honour of Jean-Michel Spieser A. CUTLER and A. PAPACONSTANTINOU (Eds), 2007 [The Medieval Mediterranean, 70] Leiden and Boston, Mass.: Brill vi + 298 pp. €113.00 ISBN 9789004162860 This edited volume pays homage to the French Byzantinist Jean Michel Spieser, who has made a major contribution to Late Antique and Byzantine art history and archaeology over the past decades. The book assembles essays on various topics that Spieser has been working on throughout his career. In addition, it presents articles on innovative theoretical concepts and new translations of primary sources. Initially grounded in the academic concern of Spieser, the materia prima (or “the fabric from which the object is made”), this book examines the relationship between objects and their contexts, trying to emphasise the significance of contexts for the interpretation we give to objects today. These elements justify the book title “material” and “ideal”, gathering 13 essays that deal with http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

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Book Reviews 325 hoped that Crusading in Frankish Greece will stimulate further interest in what is evi- dently a rich and rewarding field of research. NICHOLAS MORTON Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom nicholas.morton@ntu.ac.uk © 2014, Nicholas Morton http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2014.956482 The Material and the Ideal: Essays in Medieval Art and Archaeology in Honour of Jean-Michel Spieser A. CUTLER and A. PAPACONSTANTINOU (Eds), 2007 [The Medieval Mediterranean, 70]...
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Book Reviews 325 hoped that Crusading in Frankish Greece will stimulate further interest in what is evi- dently a rich and rewarding field of research. NICHOLAS MORTON Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom nicholas.morton@ntu.ac.uk © 2014, Nicholas Morton http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2014.956482 The Material and the Ideal: Essays in Medieval Art and Archaeology in Honour of Jean-Michel Spieser A. CUTLER and A. PAPACONSTANTINOU (Eds), 2007 [The Medieval Mediterranean, 70] Leiden and Boston, Mass.: Brill vi + 298 pp. €113.00 ISBN 9789004162860 This edited volume pays homage to the French Byzantinist Jean Michel Spieser, who has made a major contribution to Late Antique and Byzantine art history and archaeology over the past decades. The book assembles essays on various topics that Spieser has been working on throughout his career. In addition, it presents articles on innovative theoretical concepts and new translations of primary sources. Initially grounded in the academic concern of Spieser, the materia prima (or “the fabric from which the object is made”), this book examines the relationship between objects and their contexts, trying to emphasise the significance of contexts for the interpretation we give to objects today. These elements justify the book title “material” and “ideal”, gathering 13 essays that deal with

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