Author: EVANS, HELEN C. [ED]. GLORY OF BYZANTIUM (EXHIBITION) (1997 : NEW YORK)
Title: The glory of Byzantium : art and culture of the Middle Byzantine era, A.D. (843-1261 )
Description: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams 1997. First Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Physical description; xxvii. 574 p. : col. ill. facsims. maps. plans ; 32 cm. Notes; Catalogue accompanying an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from March 11 through July 6. 1997. Includes bibliographical references (p. 522-559) and index. Contents; Byzantine society and civilization / Speros P. Vryonis. Jr. -- Religious organization and church architecture / Thomas F. Mathews -- Manuscripts / Jeffrey C. Anderson -- Popular imagery / Annemarie Weyl Carr -- Images of the court / Henry Maguire -- Secular architecture / Robert G. Ousterhout -- Luxury objects / Ioli Kalavrezou -- Ceramic arts of everyday life / Eunice Dauterman Maguire -- Christian neighbors / Helen C. Evans -- Kievan Rus' / Olenka Z. Pevny -- The Bulgarians / Joseph D. Alchermes -- The Georgians / S. Peter Cowe -- The Armenians / Helen C. Evans -- Christians in the Islamic East / Thelma K. Thomas -- Crusader art / Jaroslav Folda -- Byzantium and the Islamic East / Priscilla Soucek -- Byzantine art and the Latin West / William D. Wixom. Summary; Covering the art of the Middle Byzantine period (843-1261 AD). this book demonstrates its wide diversity and influence through 17 scholarly essays. These are accompanied by descriptions and colour reproductions of over 400 objects. as well as pictures of architectural sites all over Eastern Europe. SubjectS; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York. N.Y.) - Catalogs. Art. Byzantine - Exhibitions. Byzantine antiquities - Exhibitions. Art - Byzantine. Christian art and symbolism - Medieval. (500-1500) - Exhibitions. Byzantine Empire - Civilization - Exhibitions. Byzantine Art. Art. Art. Byzantine - Catalogs. Byzantium. Byzantine Art - Art History. Manuscripts - Exhibitions - New York - Catalogues. Illumination of manuscripts - Exhibitions - New York. Illumination of manuscripts - Byzantine. Manuscripts - Greek - Exhibitions - Catalogues. New York - Metropolitan Museum of Art. Byzantine antiquities and art - Exhibitions - U.S.A. - New York. History of art: (c 500 CE to c 1400). Eastern Europe. Art / History / Medieval. Art / History / Ancient & Classical. Genre; Illustrated. ISBN: 0870997785. Weight in Kg appr.:

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