Art History

This splendidly illustrated book explores the universal and multifaceted theme of nature as manifested in Western European art of the Middle Ages. ...

An enlightening, accessible guide to understanding and appreciating European art from the Middle AgesHow to Read Medieval Art introduces the art of...

'The underlying message of the series is, of course, that Death comes for us all, and if it interrupts the recreations of the wealthy rather more i...

Materials carried the meaning of early modern art. Transformed and crafted from the matter of nature, art objects were the physical embodiment of b...

It has long been said that a woman's hair is her crowning glory. Indeed, throughout history, hair has remained an important cultural symbol of f...

Vasari famously wrote that Giotto recovered the true method of painting, which had been lost for many years before him, and indeed, he is traditi...

New interpretations of an art form ubiquitious in the Middle Ages. English alabasters played a seminal role in the artistic development of late me...

Fresh examinations of one of the most important church furnishings of the middle ages. The churches of medieval Europe contained richly carved and...

Ground-breaking study of the enigmatic and unique tabernacles from fourteenth-century Italy, which for the first time combined relics and images. ...

Essays showing how the stuff of Norman Sicily, its mosaics, frescoes, art and architecture, was used to construct its history. Material culture pl...

This important book [...] is a helpful guide to thinking with things and teaching with things. Each entry challenges the reader to approach objects...

This important book [...] is a helpful guide to thinking with things and teaching with things. Each entry challenges the reader to approach objects...

The studies in this volume all deal with images and texts that relate to the veneration of the saints in Byzantium after the 9th century. Some pape...

In this book, Beatrice E. Kitzinger explores the power of representation in the Carolingian period, demonstrating how images were used to assert th...

An exploration of how power and political society were imagined, represented and reflected on in medieval English art Images and imagery played a ...

This book examines the art and ritual of flagellant confraternities in Italy from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Meeting regularly to...

Tabbaas Transformation offers an innovative approach to understanding the profound changes undergone by Islamic art and architecture during the oft...

Exploring the aristocratic villas and court culture of Córdoba, during its 'golden age' under the reign of the Umayyad dynasty (r. 756-1031 AD), th...