"'Objects as Actors' charts a new approach to Greek tragedy based on an obvious, yet often overlooked, fact: Greek tragedy was meant to be performed. As plays, the works were incomplete without physical items - theatrical props. The author shows the importance of objects in the …
Paramount in the shaping of early Byzantine identity was the construction of the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (532-537 CE). This book examines the edifice from the perspective of aesthetics to define the concept of beauty and the meaning of art in early Byzantium. By…
The awe-inspiring mosaics covering the walls, vaults, and domes of Byzantine churches of the medieval period still remain a mystery to modern viewers. Saints and Spectacle ventures into the world of ninth- and tenth-century Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, to…
The 'Book of Donors' for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. This study comprehensively analyzes this unpublished manuscript and shows the types and patterns of g…
The 'Book of Donors' for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. This study comprehensively analyzes this unpublished manuscript and shows the types and patterns of g…
"This book features an extraordinary album of ornament designs by the French architect Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742). In charge of the buildings and grounds of Philippe, duke of Orléans, regent of France during the minority of Louis XV, Oppenord was at the center of the arch…
A biographical sketch of the family / Melanie Anderson Bourbeau and Cynthia Cormier -- Hill-Stead and its architect / James F. O'Gorman -- The furnishings / Edward S. Cooke, Jr. -- The painting collection / Anne Higonnet -- The landscape, gardens, and farm / Allyson M. Hayward -…
Michael Peppard provides a historical and theological reassessment of the oldest Christian building ever discovered, the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos. Contrary to commonly held assumptions about Christian initiation, Peppard contends that rituals here did not prima…
Michael Peppard provides a historical and theological reassessment of the oldest Christian building ever discovered, the third-century house-church at Dura-Europos. Contrary to commonly held assumptions about Christian initiation, Peppard contends that rituals here did not prima…
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"A history of the Spanish Gothic cathedral of Toledo. Balances architectural history with close scrutiny of the cathedral's liturgy and cults, the sculpture on its portals and choir enclosure, its royal tombs, and its diverse treasury and textiles"--Provided by publisher
"A history of the Spanish Gothic cathedral of Toledo. Balances architectural history with close scrutiny of the cathedral's liturgy and cults, the sculpture on its portals and choir enclosure, its royal tombs, and its diverse treasury and textiles"--Provided by publisher.
"A history of the Spanish Gothic cathedral of Toledo. Balances architectural history with close scrutiny of the cathedral's liturgy and cults, the sculpture on its portals and choir enclosure, its royal tombs, and its diverse treasury and textiles"--Provided by publisher
Emphasizing on the one hand the reconstruction of the material culture of specific residences, and on the other, the way in which particular domestic objects reflect, shape, and mediate family values and relationships within the home, this volume offers a distinct contribution t…
