Jerusalem, 1000-1400 : every people under heaven / edited by Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boehm, Barbara Drake, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.

Holcomb, Melanie, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.

Williams, Elizabeth Dospěl, writer of supplementary textual content.

Jacobs, Martin, 1963- writer of supplementary textual content.

Shalem, Avinoam, writer of supplementary textual content.

Ball, Jennifer (Jennifer L.), writer of supplementary textual content.

Polliack, Meira, writer of supplementary textual content.

Kraemer, David Charles, writer of supplementary textual content.

Hillenbrand, Carole, writer of supplementary textual content.

Folda, Jaroslav, writer of supplementary textual content.

Hillenbrand, Robert, writer of supplementary textual content.

Auld, Sylvia, writer of supplementary textual content.

Matar, N. I. (Nabil I.), 1949- writer of supplementary textual content.

Carroll, James, 1943- writer of supplementary textual content.

Evans, Helen C., writer of supplementary textual content.

Seubert, Xavier J., 1944- writer of supplementary textual content.

Natsheh, Yusuf, writer of supplementary textual content.

Kornfeld, Abby, writer of supplementary textual content.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East and West.

Cultural pluralism.

Art, Medieval.

Jerusalem--Antiquities--Exhibitions.

Jerusalem.

Jerusalem--Civilization--Exhibitions.

Art, Medieval--Jerusalem--Exhibitions.

Cultural pluralism--Jerusalem--Exhibitions.

East and West--Exhibitions.

Antiquities.

Civilization.

Middle East--Jerusalem.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

xvi, 335 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Distribution:

New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2016]

Summary:

"Medieval Jerusalem was a vibrant international center and home to multiple cultures, faiths, and languages. Harmonious and dissonant influences from Persian, Turkish, Greek, Syrian, Armenian, Georgian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Indian, and European traditions gave Jerusalem a key role in shaping art produced for both secular and religious purposes. Patrons and artists from Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions alike focused their attention on the Holy City, endowing and enriching its sacred buildings and creating luxury goods for its residents. This artistic fertility was particularly in evidence between the 11th and 14th centuries, notwithstanding often devastating circumstances--from the earthquake of 1033 to the fierce battles of the Crusades. So strong a magnet was Jerusalem that it drew out the creative imagination of even those separated from it by great distance. Through compelling essays and focused discussions of more than 200 works of art, Jerusalem, 1000-1400 breaks new ground in exploring the relationship between the historical and the archetypal city of Jerusalem and uncovers the way in which the aesthetic achievements it inspired enhanced and enlivened the medieval world."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Art and Medieval Jerusalem / Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb

Trade and tourism in Medieval Jerusalem / Melanie Holcomb and Barbara Drake Boehm

Domestic goods from the Suq to the home: imagining Jerusalem's interiors / Elizabeth Dospěl Williams

Jewish-Muslim encounters in the Holy Land / Martin Jacobs

Terra miracula: blessed souvenirs from the Holy Land / Avinoam Shalem

Pluralism in the Holy City / Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb

Saint Sabas and the monks of the Holy Land / Jennifer Ball

The Karaites / Meira Polliack

Maimonides and Jerusalem / David Kraemer

Merits of Jerusalem (Fada'il al-Quds) / Carole Hillenbrand

Experiencing sacred art in Jerusalem / Melanie Holcomb and Barbara Drake Boehm

The closed gate / Melanie Holcomb

Sharing the church of the Holy Sepulchre during the Crusader period / Jaroslav Folda

The Dome of the Rock / Robert Hillenbrand

The minbar of Nur al-Din / Sylvia Auld

The cradle of Jesus and the Oratory of Mary on Jerusalem's Haram al-Sharif / Nabil Matar

Holy war and the power of art / Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb

Jerusalem: The crucible of holy war / James Carroll

Patronage in Jerusalem / Melanie Holcomb and Barbara Drake Boehm

Jacques de Vitry / Barbara Drake Boehm

The Armenian presence in Jerusalem / Helen C. Evans

Franciscans in Jerusalem: The early history / Xavier John Seubert

Muslim women patrons in Jerusalem / Yusuf Natsheh

Seeking the eternal Jerusalem / Abby Kornfeld.

Notes:

Published in conjunction with "Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven," on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from September 26, 2016, through January 8, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-327) and index.

ISBN:

9781588395986

1588395987

OCLC:

945718776