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Byzantium faith and power (1261-1557) edited by Helen C. Evans
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Byzantine--Exhibitions.
- Art, Byzantine.
- Christian art and symbolism--Byzantine Empire--Exhibitions.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Byzantine Empire.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (658 pages) illustrations (chiefly color)
- Place of Publication:
- New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; 2004
- New Haven [Conn.] Yale University Press 2004
- Summary:
- Featuring work from the last golden age of the Byzantine Empire, this volume charts the exceptional secular and religious creations of the late 13th through mid 16th centuries. Works that had a profound influence on Eastern Christian, Islamic and Renaissance cultures. A sequel to the landmark catalogue the Glory of Byzantium, this spectacular book-the first to focus exclusively on the last golden age of the Byzantine empire-presents magnificent secular and religious works in all media
- Contents:
- Byzantium : faith and power (1261-1557) Helen C. Evans Revival and decline : voices from the Byzantine capital Alice-Mary Talbot Religious settings of the Late Byzantine sphere / Slobodan Ćurčić Sculpture and the Late Byzantine tomb Sarah Brooks Liturgical implements Anna Ballian Images : expressions of faith and power Annemarie Weyl Carr Images of personal devotion : miniature mosaic and steatite icons Arne Effenberger Precious-metal icon revetments Jannic Durand Manuscript illumination in Byzantium, 1261-1557 John Lowden Liturgical textiles Warren Woodfin Icon as a ladder of divine ascent in form and color His Eminence Archbishop Damianos of Sinai, Pharan, and Raitho, Abbot of the holy Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt Byzantium and the Islamic world, 1261-1557 Scott Redford Arts of Christian communities in the Medieval Middle East Thelma K. Thomas Italy, the Mendicant orders, and the Byzantine sphere Anne Derbes and Amy Neff Venice and the Byzantine sphere Maria Georgopoulou Byzantium and the rebirth of art and learning in Italy and France Robert S. Nelson "À la façon grèce" : the encounter of northern Renaissance artists with Byzantine icons Maryan W. Ainsworth
- Notes:
- Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Mar. 23-July 4, 2004
- Exhibition title: Byzantium : faith and power (1261-1557)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 608-641) and index
- Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award, College Art Association, 2005
- Other Format:
- Print version Byzantium
- ISBN:
- 1588391132
- 9781588391131
- 1588391140
- 9781588391148
- 030010278X
- 9780300102789
- OCLC:
- 895133920
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