Early Christian and Byzantine Art A&i

Name: Early Christian and Byzantine Art A&i
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ISBN: 9780714831688

ISBN-10: 0714831689

ISBN-13: 9780714831688

Edition: 1997 (Revised)

Authors: John Lowden

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Lowden provides an authoritative account of Early Christian and Byzantine art and the ideas that surrounded its manufacture and use throughout the Byzantine Empire from the third century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453.

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/24/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.30" wide x 8.66" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



Introduction


Art before Iconoclasm



God and Salvation: The Formation of a Christian Art



Emperors and Holy Men: Constantinople and the East



Heretics and Bankers: Ravenna and the West


Iconoclasm



Icon or Idol?: The Iconoclast Controversy


Art after Iconoclasm



Orthodoxy and Innovation: Byzantine Art c.860-c.960



Sacred Spaces: Decorated Churches c.960-c.1100



Holy Books: Illuminated Manuscripts c.976-c.1100


Byzantine Art in a Wider World



Perception and Reception: Art in Twelfth-Century Italy



Crisis and Continuity: The Sack of Constantinople



The End of an Era?: Constantinople Regained and Lost 1261-1453


Glossary


Later Roman and Byzantine Emperors


Key Dates


Map


Further Reading


Index


Acknowledgements