Byzantium: faith and power (1261-1557)
by Ćurčić, Slobodan, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Ainsworth, Maryan Wynn, Redford, Scott, Effenberger, Arne, Lowden, John, Talbot, Alice-Mary Maffry, Ballian, Anna, Woodfin, Warren T., (Warren Theriot), Georgopoulou, Maria, Nelson, Robert S., Evans, Helen C., Brooks, Sarah, Carr, Annemarie Weyl, Durand, Jannic, Thomas, Thelma K., Derbes, Anne, Neff, Amy
Featuring work from the last golden age of the Byzantine Empire, this volume charts the exceptional secular & religious creations of the late 13th through mid 16th centuries. Works that had a profound influence on Eastern Christian, Islamic & Renaissance cultures. A sequel to th…
Featuring work from the last golden age of the Byzantine Empire, this volume charts the exceptional secular & religious creations of the late 13th through mid 16th centuries. Works that had a profound influence on Eastern Christian, Islamic & Renaissance cultures. A sequel to th…
Individual essays discuss Byzantine conceptions of paradise, the textual evidence for monastic horticulture, animal and game parks, herbs in medicinal pharmacy, and the famous illustrated copy of Dioskorides's herbal manual in Vienna. An opening chapter explores questions and ob…
The Byzantines surrounded themselves with their saints, invisible but constant companions, who were made visible by dreams, visions, and art. The composition and presentation of this imagined gallery followed a logical structure, a construct that was itself a collective work of …
The thirteen papers in this volume were delivered at the international symposium held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art May 23-25, 1997, in the context of "The Glory of Byzantium" exhibition, which was on view from March 11 through July 6, 1997. One of the main purposes of this …
This volume focuses on the Second Golden Age--the critically important medieval era--of the Byzantine Empire, presenting insights into the art and culture of the Middle Byzantine era (843-1261) through the discussion of a remarkable number of works of the highest artistic and cu…
Catalogue of exhibit held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from Mar. 11-July 6, 1997. Includes bibliographical references (p. 522-559) and index.
"A touchstone of Byzantine artistic achievement, the church now known as the Kariye Camii in Istanbul preserves impressive cycles of mosaic and fresco, for which it is justifiably famous. Once the heart of the Chora Monastery, the building was reconstructed around 1316-21, under…
