The kallos of the Byzantine city : the development of a rhetorical topos and historical reality

Author

Saradi, Helen

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Gesta. 1995, Num. 1, Vol. 34, 37-56

ISSN

0016-920X

Abstract (en)

Beauty is regularly ascribed to the city in the Greek rhetorical tradition. This article explores the use of the topos of urban beauty and its associated expressions for conveying aesthetic concepts, and relates them to the actual physical appearance of the late Roman and Byzantine city.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Architecture and excavations -- Urbanism
• Beauty (concept)
• Byzantine
• Byzantine Empire
• Cities
• Literature
• Rhetoric
• 500-1400

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Architecture et fouilles -- Urbanisme
• Beau, Le
• Byzantin (art)
• Empire byzantin
• Ville
• Littérature
• Rhétorique
• 500-1400

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19951001-00321366

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