Art & Architecture

ISBN: 9781782972617
Published by : Oxbow Books
Fifteen papers focus on the active and dynamic uses of images during the first millennium AD. They bring together an international group of scholars who situate the period’s visual practices within their political, religious... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781899828913
Published by : Pindar Press
This study deals with the churches of Oski and Iskhani, in the ancient Georgian province of Tao-Klardeti, now in eastern Turkey.


Each church is examined separately, with a focus on the architecture and carved decoration. The archit... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783805345804
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
Series: AW- Sonderband
In the highlands of Anatolia among deep canyons and vast valleys amazing testimonies of the byzantine world remained. In this book Cappadocia, which is known for its cave churches, for the first time, is extensively appreciated as a historic lands... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781899828685
Published by : Pindar Press
Trained as an archaeologist and art historian and being a practising painter, Professor Galavaris has been able to relate diverse disciplines in his work, as shown by the wide range of his numerous publications. He moves from the ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780227680186
Published by : James Clarke & Co
Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 130202) is heralded as one of the greatest theologians of the post-apostolic church. The spiritual grandson of the apostle John, for his instructor in the faith was himself taught by the apostle, his writing stresses the impo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308104
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The churches of St John and St Mary at Ephesos, Building D at Sardis, St John at Philadelphia, and the basilicas of Hierapolis illustrate the development of vaulted construction on the west coast of Asia Minor between the 5th and the 7th centur... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308111
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This volume contains a series of papers that had their origins in a symposium convened whilst the editor was a Research Fellow at the Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York in May 2008. Contents: In... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842179802
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: BUTRINT ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS
Volume: 3
This engaging and well-illustrated volume describes the excavations of a large urban sector, the so-called Triconch Palace, of the Adriatic seaport of Butrint. In so doing it adds to the new paradigm for the development of Roman towns in the M... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783700170099
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
Series: Wiener Byzantinistische Studien
Volume: 28/1
English summary: Within the Byzantine sigillography versified inscriptions (almost all are dodecasyllabic, that is, a twelve syllables) occupy a separate place because they differ from established norms of production. The earliest examples ... .... Learn More