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

Bernhard von Breydenbachs Peregrinatio in terram sanctam (Journey to the Holy Land), first published in 1486, is one of the seminal books of early ...

The painted ivories of Norman Sicily count among the most original creations known from medieval Palermo. These small, lavishly decorated objects r...

As a sequel to the analysis of Romanesque church architecture as the Heavenly Jerusalem on earth, this book reviews the embellishing cloister arts ...