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Art and architecture of the middle ages : exploring a connected world / Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen, Linda Safran ; Genevra Kornbluth, photo editor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca [New York] ; London : Cornell University Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: xx, 377 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 32 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781501766107
  • 1501766104
  • 9781501702822
  • 1501702823
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction: from Santiago to Samarkand, Lincoln to Lalibela -- The roots of Medieval Art -- Work in focus: The Dura-Europos Synagogue -- Work in focus: Lepcis Magna -- The fourth and fifth centuries -- Work in focus: The Church of St. Peter -- Work in focus: Qalíat Semían -- Sixth to mid-seventh Century -- Work in focus: Sutton Hoo -- Work in focus: The Church of Mren -- Mid-seventh century to late eighth century -- Work in focus: The Dome of the Rock -- Work in focus: The Lindisfarne Gospels -- Late eighth century to ca. 960 -- Work in focus: The Oseberg Ship -- Work in focus: The Samanid Mausoleum -- ca. 960 to ca. 1070 -- Work in focus: The Great Mosque of Córdoba -- Work in focus: Hosios Loukas -- ca. 1070 to ca. 1170 -- Work in focus: The Melisende Psalter -- Work in focus: The Abbey of Saint-Denis -- ca. 1170 to ca. 1250 -- Work in focus: Canterbury Cathedral -- Work in focus: The Hermitage of St. Neophytos -- ca. 1250 to ca. 1340 -- Work in focus: The Compendium of Chronicles -- Work in focus: The Birds Head Haggadah -- ca. 1340 to ca. 1450 -- Work in focus: The Convent at Wienhausen -- Work in focus: The Alhambra -- Afterlives of the Middle Ages.
Summary: "Dismantles the religious, political, and geographic walls that have separated medieval art and architecture and treats not only western Europe but also the Byzantine Empire and the Islamicate world from ca. 200 CE to ca. 1450 CE. Includes a wide variety of art forms, from large architectural complexes to small amulets printed on paper"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 709.02 C339 Available 33111010965057
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages is a panoramic survey that focuses on the arts of medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamicate world. From majestic monuments to exquisite tableware, Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen, and Linda Safran deftly guide readers over twelve centuries of art and architecture created by the diverse peoples and religious groups of western Eurasia and North Africa.

This textbook, intended for a wide range of courses in the history of medieval art and architecture, uniquely features:
* More than 450 color illustrations of fascinating works produced between ca. 250 CE and ca. 1450 CE
* Coverage of secular and religious arts, including polytheistic, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions
* Informational text boxes on key issues and a glossary of terms
* Diverse cultures interwoven in a single chronological framework
* Five broad interpretive themes--artistic production, status and identity, connection to the past, ideology, and access to the sacred

Complemented by a website (artofthemiddleages.com) with additional works, dynamic maps and timelines, podcasts, new primary-source translations, and more, Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages brilliantly expands and recalibrates the story of medieval art history.

Includes index.

Introduction: from Santiago to Samarkand, Lincoln to Lalibela -- The roots of Medieval Art -- Work in focus: The Dura-Europos Synagogue -- Work in focus: Lepcis Magna -- The fourth and fifth centuries -- Work in focus: The Church of St. Peter -- Work in focus: Qalíat Semían -- Sixth to mid-seventh Century -- Work in focus: Sutton Hoo -- Work in focus: The Church of Mren -- Mid-seventh century to late eighth century -- Work in focus: The Dome of the Rock -- Work in focus: The Lindisfarne Gospels -- Late eighth century to ca. 960 -- Work in focus: The Oseberg Ship -- Work in focus: The Samanid Mausoleum -- ca. 960 to ca. 1070 -- Work in focus: The Great Mosque of Córdoba -- Work in focus: Hosios Loukas -- ca. 1070 to ca. 1170 -- Work in focus: The Melisende Psalter -- Work in focus: The Abbey of Saint-Denis -- ca. 1170 to ca. 1250 -- Work in focus: Canterbury Cathedral -- Work in focus: The Hermitage of St. Neophytos -- ca. 1250 to ca. 1340 -- Work in focus: The Compendium of Chronicles -- Work in focus: The Birds Head Haggadah -- ca. 1340 to ca. 1450 -- Work in focus: The Convent at Wienhausen -- Work in focus: The Alhambra -- Afterlives of the Middle Ages.

"Dismantles the religious, political, and geographic walls that have separated medieval art and architecture and treats not only western Europe but also the Byzantine Empire and the Islamicate world from ca. 200 CE to ca. 1450 CE. Includes a wide variety of art forms, from large architectural complexes to small amulets printed on paper"-- Provided by publisher.

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