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

"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audie...

The myriad ways in which colour and light have been adapted and applied in the art, architecture, and material culture of past societies is the foc...

The rebirth of realistic representation in Italy around 1300 led to the materialization of a pictorial language, which dominated Western art until ...

In 1559 and 1561, the Antwerp print publisher Hieronymus Cock issued an unprecedented series of landscape prints known today simply as the Small La...

This collection of essays considers artistic works that deal with the body without a visual representation. It explores a range of ways to represen...

In 1559 and 1561, the Antwerp print publisher Hieronymus Cock issued an unprecedented series of landscape prints known today simply as the Small La...

Studies on the reception of the classical tradition are an indispensable part of classical studies. Understanding the importance of ancient civiliz...

This book explores the issue of ecclesiastical authority in Romanesque sculpture on the portals and other sculpted “gateways” of churches in the no...

Relations between Byzantium and its neighbours are the focus of this volume. The papers address questions of cultural exchange, with special attent...

Tabbaa’s Transformation offers an innovative approach to understanding the profound changes undergone by Islamic art and architecture during the of...

Experiencing the Last Judgement opens up new ways of understanding a Byzantine image type that has hitherto been considered largely uniform in its ...

Zweibändiges Werk Ohne Ornament, so schreibt Leon Battista Alberti in seinem für die Architekturtheorie der Neuzeit grundlegenden Traktat über die ...

The studies collected in this volume, some of them rather difficult to access, date mostly from the last fifteen years and focus primarily on Persi...

The mosaics in the Rotunda in Thessaloniki are the most significant decorations that remain from the early Byzantine period. Th is richly illustrat...

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology brings together expert work by leading scholars of the archaeology of Early Christianity and the...

The Secret Middle Ages is a controversial and completely fresh view of the medieval world through its rare and amazing artefacts. Using the wealth ...

The Arma Christi, the cluster of objects associated with Christ’s Passion, was one of the most familiar iconographic devices of European medieval a...

This book explores the issue of ecclesiastical authority in Romanesque sculpture on the portals and other sculpted “gateways” of churches in the no...

Gardens were both a setting and showcase for nearly every aspect of social and daily life at the royal court during the early Islamic period in Wes...

A fully updated and comprehensive companion to Romanesque and Gothic art history This definitive reference brings together cutting-edge scholarship...

This book distils a lifetime’s study of Viking art. Written by a leading authority, it introduces all the intricate and beautiful art styles of the...

For generations maps of the pilgrimage roads and of the reconquista have bedevilled the study of Spanish art and architecture. They have also infil...