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The Christian art of Byzantine Syria / Ignacio Peña.
Fine Arts Library N7832 .M5813 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peña, Ignacio.
- Standardized Title:
- Arte cristiano de la Siria bizantina. English
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Early Christian--Syria.
- Art, Early Christian.
- Christian art and symbolism--Syria--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Art, Byzantine.
- Syria.
- Art, Byzantine--Syria.
- Syria--Antiquities.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
- Edition:
- First English-language edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [England] : Garnet Pub., 1997.
- Summary:
- A comprehensively illustrated book about the beautifully preserved buildings and carvings of the legendary Dead Cities.
- The thriving Byzantine Empire produced a particularly fine standard of art and architecture between the 4th and 7th centuries. Many well-preserved examples of this rich archaeological history can be found in Syria. In particular, the legendary Dead Cities of northern Syria were largely unexplored until recently and this book provides a fascinating insight into the once-thriving towns, including their markets, houses, halls, bath-houses, churches, temples and tombs. This book contains a comprehensive set of photographs and reconstructions showing the variety of buildings and relics which have been discovered, including ornamented churches and liturgical instruments, baptisteries, monasteries and pilgrimage sites. It also includes a chapter on the sites of pagan worship from the same period, and concludes with an examination of the influence of Byzantine art on Islamic and European art, and the eventual decline of the population of the Syrian limestone massifs.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The awakening of a national art
- The beginning of Christian art
- Centres of population
- Churches
- Baptisteries
- Monasteries
- Centres of pilgrimage
- Hostelries
- Dwellings
- Public buildings
- Communication routes
- Places of pagan worship
- Funerary monuments
- Contribution to Islamic civilization
- Contribution to European civilization
- The phases of decline.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1859640710
- 9781859640715
- OCLC:
- 36790687
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