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Byzantium and the West

Bacci, Michele

In: Byzantium 330-1453, exhibition catalogue (London, Royal Academy of Arts, 25 October 2008-22 March 2009), 2008, p. 275-279; 464-465.

Pisa bizantina. Alle origini del culto delle icone in Toscana

Bacci, Michele

In: Intorno al Sacro Volto. Genova, Bisanzio e il Mediterraneo (secoli XI-XIV), 2007, p. 63-78

This paper deals with the origins of icon veneration in Pisa in the 12th and 13th century and offers a new interpretation of the art-historical phenomenon known as the "maniera greca". Far from being just a matter of artistic taste, the "maniera greca" can be interpreted as the outcome of the local appropriation of icon-centered devotional patterns being widespread in Eastern Christianity and the...