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Lecture: Obsession—Byzantine Enamels, Trans-Caucasian Heists, and the Luxurious Book That Ruined a Courtier

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Elena Boeck, professor in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, DePaul University, explores one of the most luxurious books ever dedicated to Byzantine art, a late 19th-century publication featuring the largest private collection of Byzantine enamels produced up to that date.

Presented by the Classical Art Society

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