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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. Presents one of the great ages of European civilization through a sequence of images accompanied by an informed commentary. This book helps readers to explore and understand different facets of the Middle Ages, an era of breathtaking artistic achievement and of religious faith in a world where life was often coarse and cruel and cut short by war. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 280 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1506.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500283332
- ISBN
- 9780500283332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.78
€ 40.99
€ 28.78
Hardcover. Challenging the view that ideas about sexual and gender dissidence were too confused to congeal into a coherent form in the Middle Ages, the author demonstrates that sodomy had a rich, multimedia presence in the period - and that a flexible approach to questions of terminology sheds new light on the many forms this presence took. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 colour plates, 78 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1043.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169125
- ISBN
- 9780226169125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.93€ 48.88
€ 56.93
€ 48.88
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
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.85
€ 40.99
€ 33.85
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
€ 10.93
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
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. 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
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.38€ 79.73
€ 104.38
€ 79.73
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.84
€ 33.99
€ 28.84
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 40.48
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€ 40.48
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. 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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.19
€ 51.99
€ 40.19
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.60
€ 26.99
€ 19.60
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.17€ 60.12
€ 71.17
€ 60.12
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
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€ 15.95
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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Revised and Expanded
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009391
- ISBN
- 9780691009391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.30€ 46.67
€ 59.30
€ 46.67
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. 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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.71
€ 48.71
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.36
€ 30.99
€ 22.36