| Description |
447 pages : illustrations (some colour), map, plans ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Art & ideas |
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Art ideas
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| Contents |
Art before iconoclasm -- 1. God and salvation : the formation of a Christian art -- 2. Emperors and holy men : Constantinople and the East -- 3. Heretics and bankers : Ravenna and the west -- Iconoclasm -- 4. Icon or idol? The iconoclast controversery -- Art after iconoclasm -- 5. Orthodoxy and innovation : Byzantine art c.860-c.960 -- 6. Sacred spaces : decorated churches c.960-c1100 -- 7. Holy books : illuminated manuscripts c.976-c.1100 -- Byzantine art in a wider world -- 8. Perception and reception : art in twelfth-century Italy -- 9. Crisis and continuity : the sack of Constantinople -- 10. The end of an era? Constantinople regained and lost 1261-1453 |
| Summary |
In the 320's AD the Emperor Constantine moved the capital of his Empire from Rome to Byzantium, which was renamed Constantinople, and until its fall in 1453 remained a major artistic centre. Under successive emperors and empresses for more than a thousand years, artists, architects and craftsmen produced superb and intriguing works ranging from the grandest public buildings to the smallest and most personal items. Today this art is generally termed early Christian and Byzantine. Working from the surviving material this work explains how and why early Christian and Byzantine art was made and used |
| Analysis |
Geschichte 0200-1453 |
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Art, Byzantine |
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Art, Early Christian |
| Notes |
Contents: Art before iconoclasm -- 1. God and salvation : the formation of a Christian art -- 2. Emperors and holy men : Constantinople and the East -- 3. Heretics and bankers : Ravenna and the west -- Iconoclasm -- 4. Icon or idol? The iconoclast controversery -- Art after iconoclasm -- 5. Orthodoxy and innovation : Byzantine art c.860-c.960 -- 6. Sacred spaces : decorated churches c.960-c1100 -- 7. Holy books : illuminated manuscripts c.976-c.1100 -- Byzantine art in a wider world -- 8. Perception and reception : art in twelfth-century Italy -- 9. Crisis and continuity : the sack of Constantinople -- 10. The end of an era? Constantinople regained and lost 1261-1453. Includes biblographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-440) and index |
| Subject |
Art, Byzantine.
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Art, Early Christian.
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| LC no. |
97217302 |
| ISBN |
0714831689 |
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