Author: Benjamin Anderson Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300219164 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 213
Book Description
In 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.
Author: R. A. Stalley Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780192842237 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
Drawing on new work published over the past twenty years, the author offers a history of building in Western Europe from 300 to 1200. Medieval castles, church spires, and monastic cloisters are just some of the areas covered.
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art ISBN: 0870999680 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 429
Book Description
This well-illustrated (mainly in bandw) volume was produced in conjunction with the opening of the newly refurbished galleries in the museum. The initial chapters discuss the history of collecting of early medieval objects, with two chapters on J.P. Morgan. The remaining scholarly studies discuss the small luxury and everyday metal objects that make up the exceptional collection at the Met; consideration of the archaeological context is prominent. Individual papers discuss jewelry from various locations, the Vermand treasure, the Domagnano treasure, the Vrap treasure, and an analysis of the Lindau book cover. The contributors are affiliated with academic and museum institutions in the US and Europe. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Author: William J. Diebold Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 9780367314026 Category : Art and society Languages : en Pages : 176
Book Description
This up-to-date, reliable introductory account and interpretation of early medieval art combines art, history, and ideas from around 600 to 1050. Diebold describes diversity and complexity of early medieval art by examining the relationship of word and image. The concept of word and image is broad enough to encompass the Anglo-Saxon art and oral cu
Author: Colum Hourihane Publisher: Index of Christian Art Department of Art and Archeology Princeton ISBN: 9780983753704 Category : Art, Anglo-Saxon Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
An interdisciplinary collection of essays examining Irish and Anglo-Saxon art in the early medieval period.
Author: Lawrence Nees
Author: Benjamin Anderson
Author: John Beckwith
Author: Caecilia Davis-Weyer (red.)
Author: R. A. Stalley
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Author: William J. Diebold
Author: Pedro de Palol
Author: Colum Hourihane
Author: Ernst Kitzinger