Medieval

This beautiful volume explores the lesser-known history of Europe and the Mediterranean, bridging the gap between the Mediterranean and the North of Europe, the Byzantine and Roman empires and the 'barbarian' world of the Dark Ages; a period that saw...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for IndieFab awards (Nonfiction) 2006 and IndieFab awards (Art/Photo) 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780764158209Author Margaret MorganFormat HardbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621389880Author Ananda K. CoomaraswamyFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico Press

Notre-Dame of Amiens is one of the great Gothic cathedrals. Its construction began in 1220, and artistic production in the Gothic mode lasted well into the sixteenth century. In this magisterial chronicle, Stephen Murray invites readers to see the...

Tapestries have been an enigmatic form of artwork for hundreds of years, with the intricate symbolism of their woven narratives still fascinating viewers today. Unicorns and fantastic beasts rub shoulders with well-heeled aristocrats; famous biblical and...

Gesture and movement on stage in early drama have previously received very little attention in scholarship. The present collection of essays is the first book to present sensible, penetrating, and wide-ranging discussions of the gestural effects that...

Opulent jeweled objects ranked among the most highly valued works of art in the European Middle Ages. At the same time, precious stones prompted sophisticated reflections on the power of nature and the experience of mineralized beings. Beyond a visual...

A picture-driven account of this important period in the proven successful format of Egypt -- 4000 Years of Art (Phaidon 2003). Presenting 300 artworks from the years 240 to 1453, The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom encapsulates the development...

Said to have come from the Benedictine abbey church of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany, this statue by Tilman Riemenschneider (c. 1460 - 1531), dated to c. 1495, depicts the church father Saint Jerome as he removes a thorn from the paw of a lion, a...

This lavishly illustrated book celebrates one of the most comprehensive and meticulously assembled private collections of Chinese export porcelain from the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644) made at Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province. The Lurie Collection,...

The studies in this volume all deal with images and texts that relate to the veneration of the saints in Byzantium after the 9th century. Some papers are devoted to the church calendar and the annual commemorations of hundreds of saints through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940625263Author Miklos SzentkuthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Contra Mundum PressPublisher Contra Mundum PressWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm)...

The three Garima Gospels are the earliest surviving Ethiopian gospel books. They provide glimpses of lost late antique luxury gospel books and art of the fifth to seventh centuries, from the Aksumite kingdom of Ethiopia. This book reproduces all of the...

Made in gold and enamel and decorated with precious stones, the Holy Thorn Reliquary depicts the salvation of mankind through the sacrifice of Christ. It was commissioned around 1400-10 by Jean duc de Berry, a member of the French royal family, to house...

Tales throughout the world generally place fabulous beasts in marginal locations - deserts, deep woods, remote islands, glaciers, ocean depths, mountain peaks, caves, swamps, heavenly bodies and alternate universes. Legends tell us that imaginary...

This abundantly illustrated book examines the figure of Balthazar, one of the biblical magi, and explains how and why he came to be depicted as a Black African king. According to the Gospel of Matthew, magi from the East, following a star, traveled to...

This focused volume presents a deep exploration and new interpretations of the winter paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca. 1525-1569). By applying new methodological approaches and interdisciplinary research to these masterpieces of Flemish...

This fascinating book tells the story of the building of William M. Voelkle's collection of fakes and forgeries of manuscript illumination. With thorough essays and beautiful illustrations, Voekle tells the story of nearly seventy fakes and forgeries.The...

Is Byzantine Studies a colonialist discipline? Rather than provide a definitive answer to this question, this book defines the parameters of the debate and proposes ways of thinking about what it would mean to engage seriously with the field's political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788797060094Author Jonas Lau MarkussenFormat HardbackPage Count 108Imprint Jonas Lau MarkussenPublisher Jonas Lau MarkussenWeight(grams) 603gDimensions(mm)...

To write about works that cannot be sensually perceived involves considerable strain. Absent the object, art historians must stretch their methods to, or even past, the breaking point. This concise volume addresses the problems inherent in studying...

Multidisciplinary scholarship showcasing innovative methods for working with sculptural material - with essays ranging from Merovingian funerary art to Old English and Scandinavian runic inscriptions.

This book urges for an understanding of contemporary art as being core to creative responses which intervene in the lived experience of forced displacement.Contemporary Art and Forced Displacement explores art practice which moves beyond mere...

A splendid new reproduction of the most luxurious and most famous example of medieval illumination.

Reframing medieval art through the lens of queer theory, this pioneering volume sharpens our understanding of conceptions of gender, the body, and eroticism across three centuries This pioneering volume explores concepts of gender, sexuality, and love...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782503525341Author Jan M ZiolkowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 377Imprint Brepols N.V.Publisher Brepols N.V.

An unprecedented cultural history of reproductions of medieval manuscripts Facsimiles are, or claim to be, exact copies of objects, and medieval manuscripts have long been a focus for this kind of reproduction. Today, digitization delivers complete,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912554508Author Matthew CollinsFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Harvey Miller PublishersPublisher Brepols N.V.Weight(grams) 2077gDimensions(mm) 287mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782503534060Author Mitzi Kirkland-IvesPage Count 236Imprint Brepols N.V.Publisher Brepols N.V.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905375196Author Barbara LaneFormat HardbackPage Count 386Imprint Harvey Miller PublishersPublisher Brepols N.V.

Beauty and ugliness, two extremes that intersect through human experience, remain an inexhaustible source of creative inspiration and popular belief. In 'The Beauty of Ugliness and the Ugliness of Beauty: Materializing Monstrosity in the Middle Ages,'...

Examining the history of altar decorations, this study of the visual liturgy grapples with many of the previous theoretical frameworks to reveal the evolution and function of these ritual objects.Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book uses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976820253Author Colum HourihaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Index of Christian Art, Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton UniversityPublisher...

Books of Hours were the bestsellers of the late Middle Ages. From dukes to merchants and servants - this book found its way into almost all walks of life: among both women and men, in Latin and the vernacular, and in simple and luxurious editions. Much...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983753735Author Colum HourihaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Index of Christian Art, Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton UniversityPublisher...

This book explores the issue of ecclesiastical authority in Romanesque sculpture on the portals and other sculpted "gateways" of churches in the north Italian region of Lombardy. Gillian B. Elliott examines the liturgical connection between the ciborium...

Creation imagery in manuscripts made in the Middle Ages became a locus for visual experimentation as well as the expression of ideas about creativity. By examining representations of divine creation and illustrations of the creation stories in Genesis,...

Buildings and their surrounding spaces influence the collective identity of an urban population. In turn, images of buildings in paintings and other artwork can reveal much about the character of a city. This richly illustrated text focuses...

Secrecy has played a role throughout human history and continues to capture the popular imagination. Some of the most seductive aspects of the Byzantine Empire-such as the relics of the imperial palace and the military uses of Greek fire-have been...

As evidenced by the famed Book of Kells and monumental high crosses, Scotland and Ireland have long shared a distinctive artistic tradition. The story of how this tradition developed and flourished for another millennium through survival, adaptation and...