History of Art: Byzantine & Medieval Art c 500 CE to c 1400

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." Edgar DegasCovering every era and over 650 artists, this comprehensive, illustrated guide ...

What do they all mean - the lascivious ape, autophagic dragons, pot-bellied heads, harp-playing asses, arse-kissing priests and somersaulting jongl...

Learn about key movements like impressionism, cubism and symbolism in The Art Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tric...

These two volumes collect and update Professor Stones’s papers on Arthurian manuscript illustration, one of her continuing passions. These essays ...

This book traces the history of manuscript production in the Islamic West, between the 10th and the 12th centuries. It interrogates the material ev...

This is a fascinating look at one of the world's most important and renowned 12th-century manuscripts. The St. Albans Psalter is one of the most im...

Das Dom Museum Wien präsentiert sich architektonisch und konzeptionell neu ausgerichtet im Spannungsfeld von Kunst, Kirche und Gesellschaft. Die Sa...

Die glanzvolle Herrschaft der Burgunderherzöge bedeutete einen Höhepunkt in der europäischen Kulturgeschichte. Ereignisse wie die Schlacht bei Murt...

The papers assembled in this volume are devoted to various aspects of cross-cultural encounter between medieval Serbia and the Byzantine Empire. Th...

Scenes and characters from the Old Testament appear frequently in Western medieval art, yet the study of their significance is a neglected area of ...

Elizabeth Sears here combines rich visual material and textual evidence to reveal the sophistication, warmth, and humor of medieval speculations ab...

This book argues that Robert Willis's presentations were fundamental to the format of British Archaeological Association meetings and to the creati...

The Book of Kells, dating from about 800, is a brilliantly decorated manuscript of the four Gospels. This new official guide (French language editi...