Collecting and Displaying Byzantine Art

Collecting and Displaying Byzantine Art in the Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern Periods
In the Middle Ages, Byzantine objects served purposes that ranged from utilitarian to devotional. Renaissance collectors displayed Byzantine works to suggest their high artistic value, but the full appreciation of the artifacts in the exhibition Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections depends upon the Modernist revolutions of the 19^th and 20^th centuries. Art Historian Robert Nelson discusses the ways Byzantine collections evolved during these periods. 

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