Title Eastern medieval architecture : the building traditions of Byzantium and neighboring lands / Robert G. Ousterhout

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019] ©2019

Click on the following:
Oxford Scholarship Online

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xxv, 783 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) Series Onassis series in Hellenic culture Onassis series in Hellenic culture. Contents Part 1. Late antiquity, third to seventh centuries -- part 2. The transitional period, seventh to ninth centuries -- part 3. The middle Byzantine centuries, ninth to twelfth centuries -- part 4. The late Byzantine and post-Byzantine centuries, thirteenth to sixteenth centuries Summary The rich and diverse architectural traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent regions are the subject of this book. Representing the visual residues of a “forgotten” Middle Ages, the social and cultural developments of the Byzantine Empire, the Caucasus, the Balkans, Russia, and the Middle East parallel the more familiar architecture of Western Europe. The book offers an expansive overview of the architectural developments of the Byzantine Empire and areas under its cultural influence, as well as of the intellectual currents that lie behind their creation. The book alternates chapters that address chronological or regional developments with thematic studies that focus on the larger cultural concerns, as they are expressed in architectural form Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource, title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed June 2, 2020) Subject Architecture, Byzantine. Architecture, Medieval -- Mediterranean Region Architecture, Medieval -- Europe, Eastern Architecture -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500 Architecture, Medieval Architecture Architecture, Byzantine Architektur Architecture, Byzantine. Architecture, Medieval -- Mediterranean Region. Architecture, Medieval -- Europe, Eastern. Architecture, Medieval -- Middle East. Architecture -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500. Church architecture -- Byzantine Empire. Eastern Europe Mediterranean Region Byzantinisches Reich Osteuropa Südosteuropa Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190068592 0190068590 9780190058401 0190058404

  Permalink