Nature and Illusion is the first extended study of the portrayal of nature in Byzantine art and literature. It provides a new view of Byzantine art in relation to the medieval art of Western Europe.

• List of Illustrations


• Introduction


• I. Nature and Idolatry


• II. Nature and Rhetoric


• III. Nature and Metaphor


• IV. Nature and Abstraction


• V. Nature and Architecture


• Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

Henry Maguire is Emeritus Professor of Art at Johns Hopkins University.