In the Illustrations in Roll and Codex (1947), Kurt Weitzmann developed a methodological apparatus for studying Byzantine and medieval narrative book illumination. His approach had two important features: an evolutionary narrative typology that paid attention to the narrative strategies the painter chose for presenting a story and a comparative narrative analysis that observed stories in illustrations in relation to their textual source. The focus of this paper is the personal and institutional background of this method, its context, dissemination, and legacy. Weitzmann advanced the study of pictorial storytelling through his pedagogical work and introduced it into the academic curriculum. Alongside stylistic analysis and iconography, it soon became an essential methodological tool in art history that constituted a link between the art of the Byzantine East and the Latin West. This approach also had a key influence on the style of his autobiographical writings. Weitzmann propagated the study of visual narratives through his extremely productive oeuvre and effective personal influence. In the dissemination of Weitzmann’s ideas, three institutions played a key role: Princeton University, Dumbarton Oaks, and the University of Chicago. Weitzmann’s circle made Byzantine studies the leading field for research into visual narratives over the period from around 1940 to 1980.

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过去是进化的，未来是拜占庭式的：库尔特·魏茨曼对图像叙事研究的贡献

在 Illustrations in Roll and Codex (1947) 中，Kurt Weitzmann 开发了一种研究拜占庭和中世纪叙事书籍插图的方法装置。他的方法有两个重要特征：一种进化叙事类型学，关注画家为呈现故事而选择的叙事策略；以及比较叙事分析，观察插图中的故事与其文本来源的关系。本文的重点是这种方法的个人和机构背景、它的背景、传播和遗产。Weitzmann 通过他的教学工作推进了绘画故事的研究，并将其引入学术课程。除了文体分析和图像学，它很快成为艺术史上必不可少的方法论工具，构成了拜占庭东方艺术与拉丁西方艺术之间的联系。这种方法也对他的自传体写作风格产生了关键影响。魏茨曼通过他极其多产的作品和有效的个人影响传播了视觉叙事研究。在魏茨曼思想的传播中，三个机构发挥了关键作用：普林斯顿大学、敦巴顿橡树园和芝加哥大学。Weitzmann 的圈子使拜占庭研究成为 1940 年至 1980 年左右期间视觉叙事研究的领先领域。魏茨曼通过他极其多产的作品和有效的个人影响传播了视觉叙事研究。在魏茨曼思想的传播中，三个机构发挥了关键作用：普林斯顿大学、敦巴顿橡树园和芝加哥大学。Weitzmann 的圈子使拜占庭研究成为 1940 年至 1980 年左右期间视觉叙事研究的领先领域。魏茨曼通过他极其多产的作品和有效的个人影响传播了视觉叙事研究。在魏茨曼思想的传播中，三个机构发挥了关键作用：普林斯顿大学、敦巴顿橡树园和芝加哥大学。Weitzmann 的圈子使拜占庭研究成为 1940 年至 1980 年左右期间视觉叙事研究的领先领域。