The Art of Byzantium and the Medieval West
Author: Ernst Kitzinger
Publisher:
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13:
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Through a Glass Brightly
Author: Chris Entwistle
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2016-09-28
Total Pages: 462
ISBN-13: 1785702734
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe twenty-five papers in this volume cover diverse aspects of the material culture of the late Roman, Byzantine and Medieval periods, with particular emphasis on the metalwork and enamel of these times. Individual papers include major reinterpretations of objects in the British Museum's Byzantine collections as well as essays devoted to the Museum's recent acquisitions in this field. The volume celebrates the retirement of David Buckton, for over twenty years the curator of the British Museum's Early Christian and Byzantine collections and the National Icon Collection.
Early Christian & Byzantine Art
Author: John Lowden
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: 1997-04-24
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9780714831688
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn authoritative account of early Christian and Byzantine art.
Faces of Charisma
Author: Brigitte Bedos-Rezak
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789004288690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Faces of Charisma: Image, Text, Object in Byzantium and the Medieval West, a multi-disciplinary group of scholars advances the theory that charisma may be a quality of art as well as of person. Beginning with the argument that Weberian charisma of person is itself a matter of representation, this volume shows that to study charismatic art is to experiment with a theory of representation that allows for the possibility of nothing less than a breakdown between art and viewer and between art and lived experience. The volume examines charismatic works of literature, visual art, and architecture from England, Northern Europe, Italy, Ancient Greece, and Constantinople and from time periods ranging from antiquity to the beginning of the early modern period. Contributors are Joseph Salvatore Ackley, Paul Binski, Paroma Chatterjee, Andrey Egorov, Erik Gustafson, Duncan Hardy, Stephen Jaeger, Jacqueline E. Jung, Lynsey McCulloch, Martino Rossi Monti, Gavin Richardson, and Andrew Romig.
The Glory of Byzantium
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 604
ISBN-13: 0870997777
DOWNLOAD EBOOKServes as both visual and textual record of the exhibition of the same name, surveying the art of the Middle Byzantine period from the restoration of the use of icons by the Orthodox Church in 843 to the occupation of Constantinople by the Crusader forces from the West from 1204 to 1261. Conceived as a sequel to the 1976 exhibition "Age of Spirituality," which focused on the first centuries of Byzantium. Preceding the catalogue, 17 essays treat the historical context, religious sphere, and secular courtly realm of the empire, and the interactions between Byzantium and other medieval cultures. Abundantly illustrated. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Byzantium
Author: Michael Angold
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2001-12-10
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780312284299
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Byzantine Art
Author: Robin Cormack
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 0198778791
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA beautifully illustrated, new edition of the best single-volume guide to Byzantine art, providing an introduction to the whole period and range of styles.
Cosmos and Community in Early Medieval Art
Author: Benjamin Anderson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2017-02-28
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 0300219164
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the rapidly changing world of the early Middle Ages, depictions of the cosmos represented a consistent point of reference across the three dominant states--the Frankish, Byzantine, and Islamic Empires. As these empires diverged from their Greco-Roman roots between 700 and 1000 A.D. and established distinctive medieval artistic traditions, cosmic imagery created a web of visual continuity, though local meanings of these images varied greatly. Benjamin Anderson uses thrones, tables, mantles, frescoes, and manuscripts to show how cosmological motifs informed relationships between individuals, especially the ruling elite, and communities, demonstrating how domestic and global politics informed the production and reception of these depictions. The first book to consider such imagery across the dramatically diverse cultures of Western Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic Middle East, Cosmos and Community in Early Medieval Art illuminates the distinctions between the cosmological art of these three cultural spheres, and reasserts the centrality of astronomical imagery to the study of art history.
Western Travellers to Constantinople
Author: K.N. Ciggaar
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-04-19
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 9004478051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume deals with relations between the West and Byzantium, from the accession of Otto I the Great in Germany in 962, until the Fourth Crusade when Constantinople was conquered by the Western crusading armies in 1204. The impact which these contacts and confrontations had on both sides is discussed in sections dealing with specific areas (such as the North, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain) as well as in sections dealing with specific aspects of the process: the journey, the attractions of the East, and the idea of "autoritates" and "translationes" of various political and intellectual ideas. An extensive index will help readers to find specific topics. The book is illustrated with maps, and with a number of objects betraying Byzantine influence in the West, or Western presence in Byzantium.
Eastern Medieval Architecture
Author: Robert Ousterhout
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-08-26
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 0190058404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe rich and diverse architectural traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent regions are the subject of this book. Representing the visual residues of a "forgotten" Middle Ages, the social and cultural developments of the Byzantine Empire, the Caucasus, the Balkans, Russia, and the Middle East parallel the more familiar architecture of Western Europe. The book offers an expansive view of the architectural developments of the Byzantine Empire and areas under its cultural influence, as well as the intellectual currents that lie behind their creation. The book alternates chapters that address chronological or regionally-based developments with thematic studies that focus on the larger cultural concerns, as they are expressed in architectural form.
