Monday, July 24, 2017

Byzantium and the Art of Modernity


What does modern art have to gain from Byzantium? What does Byzantine art have to gain from modernism? How can Byzantine philosophy enrich our understanding of the modern and contemporary image? In this introduction to the Byzantium/Modernism Symposium at Yale University, conference co-chair Roland Betancourt addresses these questions in the context of modern and byzantine art history.