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The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom
Antony Eastmond
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Description for The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom
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.
A picture-driven account of this important period in the proven successful format of Egypt -- 4000 Years of Art (Phaidon 2003). Presenting 300 artworks from the years 240 to 1453, The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom encapsulates the development of art in eastern Europe and eastern Mediterranean from the very early days of Christianity to the fall of Constantinople. From architecture to jewellery, from coins to paintings, from mosaics to book illuminations, Byzantine art in all its forms is explored. Unique not only for its extensive variety of art forms, the book also has a vast geographic scope, including ... Read more
A picture-driven account of this important period in the proven successful format of Egypt -- 4000 Years of Art (Phaidon 2003). Presenting 300 artworks from the years 240 to 1453, The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom encapsulates the development of art in eastern Europe and eastern Mediterranean from the very early days of Christianity to the fall of Constantinople. From architecture to jewellery, from coins to paintings, from mosaics to book illuminations, Byzantine art in all its forms is explored. Unique not only for its extensive variety of art forms, the book also has a vast geographic scope, including ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714848105
SKU
V9780714848105
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About Antony Eastmond
Antony Eastmond read History at Oxford University, before coming to the Courtauld where he took his MA in Byzantine art and PhD in art in medieval Georgia. After two years as British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Courtauld, in 1995 he moved to Warwick University as Research Fellow. In 2001 he was appointed Reader in the History of Art and ... Read more
Reviews for The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom
"In Yeats' Sailing to Byzantium, forms of 'hammered gold and gold enamelling' are rich enough to 'keep a drowsy Emperor awake'. So is this sumptuous book... A definitive account of how Byzantine culture gloriously expressed immaterial values through material wealth."—FT