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. The Byzantines surrounded themselves with their saints, invisible but constant companions, who were made visible by dreams, visions, and art. This book aims to analyze the logic of the saint's image in Byzantium, both in portraits and in narrative scenes. It emphasizes on the poems inscribed by the Byzantines upon their icons. Num Pages: 240 pages, 163 halftones, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; ACK; AGR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050072
- ISBN
- 9780691050072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.23€ 68.86
€ 89.23
€ 68.86
Studies in Early Christian and Medieval Irish Art, Volume II: Manuscri...
Henry, Francoise; Marsh-Micheli, Genevieve
hardcover. Over the past fifty years, Francoise Henry has been the leading authority on the history of early Irish art. Num Pages: 356 pages, 145 illus. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 160. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907132226
- ISBN
- 9780907132226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.96
€ 95.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Hourihane, Colum. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1352.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Index of Christian Art, Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- V9780976820291
- ISBN
- 9780976820291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.70
€ 40.99
€ 31.70
Hardback. A study of the origin and development if the left-handed Evangelist iconographic type which appeared during the late Byzantine period. Largely based on a study of illuminated manuscripts, Spatharakis also considers the influence of Evangelist portraits on mosaics and frescos. Num Pages: 184 pages, 132 illus. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 249 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907132493
- ISBN
- 9780907132493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.34
€ 82.34
Hardback. Wall-paintings dating from the 11th to 15th centuries have survived in only around twenty churches on Crete. This volume contains a thorough investigation of the style and iconography of the paintings in each church. Num Pages: 540 pages, 356 illus, 64 col pls. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 1QDAZ; ACK; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 242 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899828036
- ISBN
- 9781899828036
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.13
€ 155.13
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907132585
- ISBN
- 9780907132585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.30
€ 92.30
The Spinelli of Florence. Fortunes of a Renaissance Merchant Family.
Jacks, Philip; Caferro, William
hardcover. Using the Spinelli family archive, this text paints a picture of the Florentine merchant family's ascent to prominence in the 14th and 15th centuries. Focusing on Tommaso Spinelli, arts patronage, papal finance and silk and wool manufacturing is glimpsed through letters and financial ledgers. Num Pages: 440 pages, 10 colour & 130 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; AB; ACK; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780271019246
- ISBN
- 9780271019246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.44€ 106.32
€ 128.44
€ 106.32
Paperback. A summary of saint's lives and religious festivals which decisively influenced medieval poetry, painting and stained glass. A resource for students of art history and religious studies. Contains a selection of over 70 biographies ranging from the first Apostles to Francis of Assisi. The selection and translation is by Christopher Stace. Editor(s): Hamer, Richard Frederick Sanger. Translator(s): Stace, Christopher. Num Pages: 432 pages, notes. BIC Classification: ACK; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 315 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446487
- ISBN
- 9780140446487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Coinciding with a major refit of the medieval galleries at the British Museum, this book presents some of the highlights, concentrating on the period 1050-1500. The pieces are photographed superbly in full colour, each with a description on the facing page. Num Pages: 320 pages, col illus. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 213 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1010. Medieval Art. 320 pages, col illus. Coinciding with a major refit of the medieval galleries at the British Museum, this book presents some of the highlights, concentrating on the period 1050-1500. The pieces are photographed superbly in full colour, each with a description on the facing page. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ACK. Dimension: 216 x 213 x 22. Weight: 1014.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714128139
- ISBN
- 9780714128139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.01
€ 39.01
Hardcover. Assesses the history of painting in Bohemia and Moravia from the emergence of the Czech state in the late ninth century to the end of the rule of Ludwig Jagiello in 1526. This book traces the developments in and preservation of mural and panel painting during this period, as well as illuminations and medieval iconography. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80 colour plates. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 208 x 14. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788024602660
- ISBN
- 9788024602660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Charts the theological defense of icons during the Iconoclastic controversies of the eighth and ninth centuries, whose high point came in AD 787, when the Second Council of Nicaea restored the cult of images in the church. This title demonstrates how the dogmas of the Trinity and the Incarnation eventually provided the basic rationale for images. Series: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AFWH; AGR; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 255 x 12. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141251
- ISBN
- 9780691141251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.54€ 42.70
€ 53.54
€ 42.70
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976547280
- ISBN
- 9780976547280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
€ 40.99
€ 34.17
Hardcover. This text is an account of the changing roles of images in German medieval monasticism from the 12th-century to the Reformation. The author explores the interrelationships between the visual arts and female spirituality in the context of the "cura monialium", the pastoral care of nuns. Num Pages: 580 pages, 246 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACK; AGR; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 282 x 190 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1611.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299458
- ISBN
- 9780942299458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.54€ 42.58
€ 53.54
€ 42.58
Hardback. An investigation of the depiction of the story of Theophilus in both its original texts, and images. Num Pages: 283 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK; AG; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844617
- ISBN
- 9781843844617
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.35
€ 116.35
Paperback. Series: World of Art S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 206 illustrations, 53 in colour. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 586. Very good copy with light shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCK0003034
- ISBN
- 9780500200193
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This volume bring together John Beckwith's papers on medieval and Byzantine art. They focus on those subjects which the author made his own, Coptic and Byzantine "textiles, Western European and Constantinopolitan ivory carving, and Byzantine metalwork. Num Pages: 382 pages, 337 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QDAZ; ACK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907132486
- ISBN
- 9780907132486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.59
€ 83.59
Paperback. Survey of the growth and development of the magnificent shrines which reached their apogee during the middle ages. Num Pages: 368 pages, 53 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; ACK; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270934
- ISBN
- 9781783270934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.06
€ 34.99
€ 30.06
Paperback. Describes the process of erecting the great cathedrals in the Gothic era. This text explains the building equipment and falsework needed, the actual operations undertaken, and the sequence of these operations as far as they can be deduced from manuscript illuminations and pictorial representations. Num Pages: 364 pages, 69 line drawings, 3 halftones, plans, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ACK; AMN; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Phoenix ed
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226252032
- ISBN
- 9780226252032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
€ 26.99
€ 22.27
Hardcover. John James is an Australian architect and medieval historian. Since 1969, he has been searching for the origins of the Gothic style, beginning with a five-year study of Chartres cathedral. At that time there were no coherent techniques for analysing the detailed construction history of existing stone structures. This he created. Num Pages: 686 pages, 280 illus. BIC Classification: ACK; AM; HBLC1; HR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 176 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1846.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pindar Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904597360
- ISBN
- 9781904597360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.48
€ 198.48
Hardback. An examination of the passion and crucifixion of Christ as depicted in the visual and religious culture of Anglo-Norman England. Num Pages: 360 pages, 61 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; ACK; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 317 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783271269
- ISBN
- 9781783271269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.64
€ 116.64