Medieval art

by Stokstad, Marilyn

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Title Statements

Full title :Medieval art / Marilyn Stokstad.

Summary

This significantly updated and beautifully produced second edition survey of over a thousand years of Western art and architecture introduces the reader to a period of extraordinary historical and geographical extent ranging from ancient Rome to the age of exploration. The monumental arts and the diverse minor arts of the Middle Ages are presented here within the social, religious, and political frameworks of lands as varied as France and Denmark, Spain and Germany. This second edition of Medieval Art focuses on all of the major works and monuments, describing each clearly and in detail with descriptions that are also sensitive and articulate, giving the reader a full sense of their beauty. Marilyn Stokstad also teaches her reader how to look at medieval art-which aspects of architecture, sculpture, or painting are important and for what reasons. Stylistic and iconographic issues and themes are thoroughly addressed with attention paid to aesthetic and social contexts. Medieval Art spans the period from the second to the fifteenth centuries with over 400 illustrations, over 90 in color, four maps, a chronological table, glossary, bibliography, and index.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2004.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Westview Press
Place of Publication:Boulder, Colo
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2004.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 416 pages : : illustrations, maps (some color) ; : 26 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0813336813, 9780813336817, 0813341140, 9780813341149
oclc:ocm51900238
LC Classification:N5970
Dewey Decimal:709/.02

An introduction to Medieval art -- The early Christian period -- The early Byzantine period -- Early Medieval art in the West -- Carolingian art -- Rivals from the East -- At the millennium -- Romanesque art -- Origins of Gothic art -- Mature Gothic art -- Rayonnant Gothic and its reverberations -- Late Gothic art.