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

A fresh appraisal of the art of Anglo-Saxon England, focusing on art as an aesthetic vehicle and art as an active political force. Two particular ...

Die Entstehung der Ekphrasis als ästhetische Kategorie der Renaissance steht unter dem Einfluss der antiken Schulrhetorik und der literarischen Tra...

Das Herrscherbild des Mittelalters ist nicht bloß Quelle politischer Geschichte, es zählt zu ihren Akteuren. Dies aufzuzeigen, werden Hauptwerke de...

Der Würzburger Fürstbischof Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (1545−1617) setzte um 1600 seiner höfischen Repräsentation bis zu 300 Sakralbauten an die...

An examination of the passion and crucifixion of Christ as depicted in the visual and religious culture of Anglo-Norman England. The twelfth centu...

This collection of fifteen papers ranges from the author's initial interest in the Tapestry as a source of information on early medieval dress, thr...

This volume explores the importance of Norwich as the second city of England for 500 years. It addresses two of the most ambitious Romanesque build...

With its rich symbolism, complex narrative, and stunning imagery, the Apocalypse, or Revelation of John, is arguably the most memorable book in the...

'FASCINATING' Guardian | 'WE LOVE THIS BOOK' Blackwells | 'THE BEST GIFT BOOK THERE IS' IndependentA GUIDE TO LIVING IN DARK TIMES, FROM PEOPLE WHO...

Robert Deshman wove together a dense and tightly structured nexus of Early Christian, Carolingian, Anglo-Saxon, and Ottonian manuscript illuminatio...

Framing the Church takes a nontraditional approach to the study of the hallmark of French Gothic architecture: the buttress. In a series of case st...