History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400
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History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400
Paperback. An enlightening, accessible guide to understanding and appreciating European art from the Middle Ages Series: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - How to Read. Num Pages: 136 pages, 141 color illus. BIC Classification: 1D; ACK; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 268 x 11. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781588395979
- ISBN
- 9781588395979
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€ 26.99€ 20.57
€ 26.99
€ 20.57
Paperback. This refreshing new look at Medieval art conveys a very real sense of the impact of art on everyday life in Europe from 1000 to 1500. It examines the importance of art in the expression and spread of knowledge and ideas, including notions of the heroism and justice of war, and the dominant view of Christianity. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, Yes. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842411
- ISBN
- 9780192842411
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.26
€ 31.99
€ 23.26
hardcover. Understanding late medieval pictorial representations of violence. Translator(s): Selwyn, Pamela. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: ACK; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 255 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781890951375
- ISBN
- 9781890951375
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.36
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€ 22.36
Paperback. The papers in this collection explore the medieval art, architecture, and archaeology of the city of Mainz and of the middle Rhine valley. They were delivered in 2003, at the first annual conference the Association held in Germany. The contributors embrace a wide range of subjects. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8p of col pls. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACK; HDDM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Maney Publishing
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904350835
- ISBN
- 9781904350835
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Condition: New
€ 48.71
€ 48.71
paperback. A summary of mediaeval aesthetic ideas, by Italian novelist and playwright Umberto Eco. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of mediaeval culture. Translator(s): Bredin, Hugh. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ABA; ACK; ACN; HBG; HBLC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300093049
- ISBN
- 9780300093049
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.71
€ 15.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. Between the third and sixth centuries, the ancient gods, goddesses, and heroes who had populated the imagination of humankind for a millennium were replaced by a new imagery of Christ and his saints. This title explores the many different, often surprising, artistic images and religious interpretations of Christ during this period. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 color plates 129 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 898.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009391
- ISBN
- 9780691009391
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Condition: New
€ 59.30€ 46.67
€ 59.30
€ 46.67
Paperback. Translator(s): Hawthorne, John G.; Smith, C. S. Series: Dover Art Instruction. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486237848
- ISBN
- 9780486237848
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.95
€ 19.99
€ 15.95
Hardcover. Did portraits exist in the medieval era? This title challenges the canonical account of the invention of modern portrait practices, offering a case against the tendency of the scholarship to identify late medieval likenesses of historical personages as 'the first modern portraits'. Num Pages: 400 pages, 96 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; ACK; AGHF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226658797
- ISBN
- 9780226658797
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Condition: New
€ 71.17€ 60.12
€ 71.17
€ 60.12
Paperback. Focuses on one of the most remarkable examples of gothic art to have survived, a unique functioning table decoration. Series: Cleveland Masterwork. BIC Classification: ACK; AGC; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 222 x 15. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- GILES
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907804946
- ISBN
- 9781907804946
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.60
€ 26.99
€ 19.60
Hardcover. Presents a new way of understanding the great Gothic churches of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: as rhetorical constructs. The author traces common analogies between rhetoric and architectural space that date back to late antiquity, and then shows how those links were translated into wood, stone, and space under specific local conditions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: ACK; AMN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 188 x 26. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226191805
- ISBN
- 9780226191805
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.19
€ 51.99
€ 40.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 362 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; AFC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 362
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714531724
- ISBN
- 9780714531724
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.60
€ 19.99
€ 18.60
Hardcover. Editor(s): Kaspersen, Soren; Haastrup, Ulla. Num Pages: 330 pages, 168 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; AGR; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772899039
- ISBN
- 9788772899039
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 40.48
€ 50.99
€ 40.48
Hardcover. Explores the history of Europe and the Mediterranean, bridging the gap between the Mediterranean and the North of Europe, the Byzantine and Roman empires and the barbarian world of the Dark Ages; a period that saw Christianity established as a major world religion as well as the rise of Islam. Num Pages: 340 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG; ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1240.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 366
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714123202
- ISBN
- 9780714123202
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.84
€ 33.99
€ 28.84
Hardback. Features miniatures and cuttings from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. This book features the major schools of illumination that flourished in Europe from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century. Series: Robert Lehman Collection Catalogues. Num Pages: 256 pages, 250 illus., including 33 color plates 217 duotones. BIC Classification: ACK; ACN; AKLB; GBCR; WFU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 287 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691059716
- ISBN
- 9780691059716
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Condition: New
€ 104.38€ 79.73
€ 104.38
€ 79.73
Paperback. Monumental brasses became popular during the Middle Ages and were commonly mounted on the walls and floors of cathedrals to commemorate the great and wealthy. Often depicting knights and bishops, these representations are a major source of information concerning arms, armour and dress in the Middle Ages. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: ACK; AFK; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 4. Weight in Grams: 152. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747806776
- ISBN
- 9780747806776
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Condition: New
€ 8.21
€ 8.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Safran, Linda. Num Pages: 336 pages, 237 b&w and 21 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR; AMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 279 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1014.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271016702
- ISBN
- 9780271016702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.18€ 55.08
€ 65.18
€ 55.08
Paperback. Argues that preoccupation with vision as a key to religious knowledge profoundly affected a broad range of late medieval works. This title explores key religious buildings throughout Europe to reveal how their grand designs supported this profusion of images that made visible the signs of scripture. Translator(s): Whittall, Mary. Num Pages: 392 pages, 85 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706078
- ISBN
- 9780226706078
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. The walls of medieval churches were brightly painted with religious imagery and colourful patterns, and although often shadows of their former selves, these paintings are among the most enigmatic art to survive the Middle Ages. This book presents an introduction to this fascinating subject. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80 b/w; 20 col. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; ACK; AFC; AGR; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 164 x 8. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747812937
- ISBN
- 9780747812937
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
Paperback. Wall paintings are a unique art form, complementing, and yet distinctly separate from, other religious imagery in churches. This book presents many of the surviving examples of medieval church wall paintings. Num Pages: 380 pages, 261, 255 colour, 6 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; ACK; AFC; AMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 24. Weight in Grams: 996. 380 pages, 261, 255 colour, 6 black and white. Wall paintings are a unique art form, complementing, and yet distinctly separate from, other religious imagery in churches. This book presents many of the surviving examples of medieval church wall paintings. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; ACK; AFC; AMN. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 24. Weight: 994.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 380
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843834847
- ISBN
- 9781843834847
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.85
€ 40.99
€ 33.85
Hardback. Scholarly assessment of the Bayeux Tapestry has moved beyond studies of its sources and analogues, dating, origin and purpose, and site of display. This book demonstrates the value of interpretive approaches to this famous and iconic artefact, by examining the textile's materiality, visuality, reception and historiography. Editor(s): Foys, Martin K.; Overbey, Karen Eileen; Terkla, Dan. Num Pages: 248 pages, 34 colour, 11 black and white. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; AFWH; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 246 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843834700
- ISBN
- 9781843834700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.10€ 70.00
€ 77.10
€ 70.00