Dionysius of Fourna: Artistic Identity Through Visual Rhetoric

Publication Data: Etna, CA: Center for Traditionalist Orthodox Studies, 2015
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 137
Dimensions (l × w × h): 23.8 cm × 16.4 cm × 1.0 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations, full-color illustrations
ISBN: 978‒1‒938943‒05‒8

   
by Mateusz J. Ferens

“Very few scholars take up Dionysius’s artistic identity as the main topic of their work, yet many of them make sweeping conclusions on this very matter. Identifying Dionysius and his visual rhetoric as traditionalistic or nationalistic are, essentially, attempts at determining his ideological positions on art—his artistic identity. However, such terms are too limiting and too simplistic to describe accurately Dionysius and his work. Taking up the artistic ideologies of Dionysius as the focus of this study, I found it necessary to define new terms of discourse in order to address properly the complexity of the subject at hand. These terms allow for greater linguistic maneuverability without burdening the subject with restrictive language.”
—“Foreword”

CONTENTS

List of Figures
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter I
Historical Introduction
Chapter II
Visual Rhetoric of the Hermeneia
Chapter III
Artistic Vocabulary as Visual Rhetoric
General Conclusion
Bibliography