Eastern medieval architecture : the building traditions of Byzantium and neighboring lands / Robert G. Ousterhout.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ousterhout, Robert G., author.

Series:

Onassis series in Hellenic culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Byzantine.

Architecture, Medieval--Mediterranean Region.

Architecture, Medieval.

Architecture, Medieval--Europe, Eastern.

Eastern Europe.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

xxv, 783 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans (some color) ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Summary:

The rich and diverse architectural traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and adjacent regions are the subject of this book, including the social and cultural developments of the Byzantine Empire, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and Russia, as well as parallel developments in Crusader and early Islamic architecture.

Contents:

part 1. Late antiquity, third to seventh centuries

part 2. The transitional period, seventh to ninth centuries

part 3. The middle Byzantine centuries, ninth to twelfth centuries

part 4. The late Byzantine and post-Byzantine centuries, thirteenth to sixteenth centuries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 727-756) and index.

ISBN:

0190272732

9780190272739

OCLC:

1091586654