Byzantium : from antiquity to the Renaissance

Mathews, Thomas F.

Book 2010

With images culled from eleven hundred years of history, this comprehensive survey explores the Byzantine Empire's vast range of artistic splendors that indelibly informed the art of modern Europe. Thomas Mathews emphasizes that the Byzantines' interest in humanism and painting the human figure became the essential bridge between classical and renaissance Europe. Starting with a brief history of Byzantium as a basis for understanding Byzantine th...

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ISBN:

9780300167665
0300167660

Description:

176 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 24 cm

Notes:

Originally published: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998 ; New York : Harry N. Abrams, 1998
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-169) and index

Contents:

Imperial city of Constantinople. Constantine's city ; The classical heritage of the city ; Justinian's city ; The period of crisis ; Medieval Constantinople ; The decline of Constantinople
Icons. Pagan origins ; Sixth-century icons ; Icons in church ; Iconoclasm and the theology of icons ; The restoration of icons ; Icons in public ; The Mother of God
Secular domestic world. The palaces of Constantinople ; The fashions of palace life ; Country life
Temple of transformation. Early Byzantine churches ; Medieval Byzantine church design ; The medieval decorative system ; Christ in the dome ; The selected narrative ; The sanctuary ; The narthex
Cosmopolitan art. Art and diplomacy ; Italy ; Palaiologan art ; The Renaissance

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2010923319

Control Number:

1928231

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