Author: Robin Cormack
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198778791
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A beautifully illustrated, new edition of the best single-volume guide to Byzantine art, providing an introduction to the whole period and range of styles.
Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture
Author: Richard Krautheimer
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300052947
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
By now a classic, it presents in a single volume a coherent overall view of the history and the changing character of Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, from Rome and Milan to North Africa, from Constantinople to Greece and the Balkans, and from Egypt and Jerusalem to the villages and monasteries of Syria, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Mesopotamia.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300052947
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
By now a classic, it presents in a single volume a coherent overall view of the history and the changing character of Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, from Rome and Milan to North Africa, from Constantinople to Greece and the Balkans, and from Egypt and Jerusalem to the villages and monasteries of Syria, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Mesopotamia.
Byzantine Art
Author: Jannic Durand
Publisher: Pierre Terrail
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
For each major period, the developments affecting the entire range of artistic disciplines are placed in context in a brief historical introduction, and the author reveals the diversity and incomparable richness of an art which is essentially religious.
Publisher: Pierre Terrail
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
For each major period, the developments affecting the entire range of artistic disciplines are placed in context in a brief historical introduction, and the author reveals the diversity and incomparable richness of an art which is essentially religious.
The Glory of Byzantium
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870997777
Category : Art, Byzantine
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Serves 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
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870997777
Category : Art, Byzantine
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Serves 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