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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. 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
Hardcover. A celebration of the finest 300 works of Byzantine art. Num Pages: 304 pages. Dimension: 298 x 264 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2250.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714848105
- ISBN
- 9780714848105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.11€ 54.31
€ 71.11
€ 54.31
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€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Delightful, oft-reprinted guide to the foliate heads so common in medieval sculpture. This was the first-ever monograph dedicated to the Green Man. Num Pages: 128 pages, 173, 170 black and white, 3 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; ACK; AFK; JFHF; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- D. S. Brewer
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859914970
- ISBN
- 9780859914970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.63
€ 26.99
€ 23.63
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
€ 88.96€ 68.43
€ 88.96
€ 68.43
Paperback. A new way of looking at the medieval castle - as a cultural reflection of the society that produced it, seen through art and literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; ACK; AMKL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. .
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153611
- ISBN
- 9781903153611
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.86
€ 33.99
€ 28.86
Paperback. The Lacock Cup is a rare object with a unique English history. Made in the 1430s, it is one of a handful of pieces of secular silver from the Middle Ages, which both survived the changing culture of Tudor fashion and the turmoil of the Reformation. This title tells the remarkable story of this special cup. Series: Objects in Focus. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK; AFKG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714150819
- ISBN
- 9780714150819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.44
€ 7.44
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. Series: Dover Art Instruction. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 253.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1956
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486203270
- ISBN
- 9780486203270
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.04
€ 16.99
€ 16.04
Hardcover. The classic work on the techniques, language and interpretation of icons in the context of theology and faith. Commentary and analysis of the main types of icons. Lavishly illustrated, with 160 pages of text with drawings, 13 b/w and 51 color plates. Translator(s): Palmer, G. E. H.; Kadloubovsky, E. Num Pages: 224 pages, 64ill.(51col.). BIC Classification: ACK; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 308 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- St Vladimirs Seminary Pr
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913836774
- ISBN
- 9780913836774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.94€ 47.33
€ 50.94
€ 47.33
Paperback. The classic work on the techniques, language and interpretation of icons in the context of theology and faith. Commentary and analysis of the main types of icons. Lavishly illustrated, with 160 pages of text with drawings, 13 b/w and 51 color plates. Translator(s): Palmer, G. E. H.; Kadloubovsky, E. Num Pages: 224 pages, 64ill.(51col.). BIC Classification: ACK; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 304 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S.
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913836996
- ISBN
- 9780913836996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.10
€ 46.99
€ 39.10
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. The Walters Art Museum. 208 pages, 200 colour. A narrative-based guide to medieval art, featuring the Walters Art Museum's internationally renowned collection of Medieval European art. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACK; AGC. Dimension: 276 x 214 x 23. Weight: 1154.
- Publisher
- D Giles Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904832966
- ISBN
- 9781904832966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.79
€ 40.99
€ 27.79
Paperback. Explores the relationships among art, theology, exegesis, and literature - issues central to the study of medieval art. This book examines the illustration of theological commentaries, the use of images to expound or disseminate doctrine, the role of images within theological discourse, the development of doctrine in response to images, and more. Editor(s): Hamburger, Jeffrey F.; Bouche, Anne-Marie. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 464 pages, 198 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR; DSBB; HRCX6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1292.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124766
- ISBN
- 9780691124766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.30€ 46.67
€ 59.30
€ 46.67
The Ormesby Psalter: Patrons and Artists in Medieval East Anglia (Trea...
Frederica C. E. Law-Turner
Paperback. The Ormesby Psalter is perhaps the most magnificent yet enigmatic of the great Gothic psalters produced in East Anglia in the first half of the fourteenth century. This richly illustrated book casts an entirely new light on its history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 71 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ACK; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 192 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243105
- ISBN
- 9781851243105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Aims to provide a comprehensive guide to all forms of pictorial art - from wall and panel paintings to stained glass windows, mosaics and embroidery - and sets them against the historical and theological influences of the age. This study covers the period from 800 to 1200. Series: The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Num Pages: 470 pages, 325 b&w illustrations, 75 colour plates, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3F; 3H; ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 284 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2050. Fine clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0017388
- ISBN
- 9780300064933
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
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
Paperback. A study of the Spitz book of hours, one of the finest French manuscripts in the collections of the Getty Museum, painted in the International style. Gregory Clark places the manuscript in the turbulent context of Parisian culture around 1420. All the book's miniatures are reproduced in colour. Series: Getty Museum Studies on Art. Num Pages: 90 pages, 40 colour & 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; AFT; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 191 x 7. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892367122
- ISBN
- 9780892367122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.94
€ 23.99
€ 17.94
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
€ 115.63
€ 115.63
Hardback. Examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, this title investigates the ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires. It brings to life the courts of two global powers that affected the cultures of medieval Europe, Byzantium, Islam and South Asia. Series Editor(s): Brown, Peter. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 456 pages, 45 black-and-white photographs and 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; 1QDAR; ACG; ACK; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257276
- ISBN
- 9780520257276
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.21€ 64.94
€ 84.21
€ 64.94
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
€ 53.37€ 42.32
€ 53.37
€ 42.32
Paperback. Siena of the 13th and 14th centuries was one of the great cities of Europe, and its artists were among those who reshaped the nature and place of painting. Maginnis' book asks the fundamental questions about the painters' lives and work and shows how Sienese society shaped them. Translator(s): Erasmi, Gabriele. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 110 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACK; AFC; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271023380
- ISBN
- 9780271023380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.32€ 45.97
€ 53.32
€ 45.97
Paperback. Barasch expertly guides the reader from the interwoven traditions of antiquity, through the aesthetic values of the Middle Ages, to the branching out of art history, art criticism, abstract aesthetics in the late Renaissance. Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACK; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 436
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415926256
- ISBN
- 9780415926256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.98
€ 49.98
paperback. Editor(s): Hourihane, Colum. Num Pages: 328 pages, 656 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Index of Christian Art, Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976820239
- ISBN
- 9780976820239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.53
€ 40.99
€ 31.53