Art & Architecture

ISBN: 9780884023609
Published by : Dumbarton Oaks
The church of San Marco of Venice has long played a central role in Venetian political, ceremonial, and religious life. In this volume, the authors assess the significance of the embellishment of the church and its immediate surroundings, espe... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781409407768
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
The main themes of this volume are the identification of 'visions', 'messages', and 'meanings' in various facets of Byzantine culture and the possible differences in the perception of these visions, messages and meanings as seen by their origin... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308104
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study focuses on a group of ruined Byzantine churches of the 5th to 7th centuries from the west coast of Asia Minor. It forms a detailed constructional analysis and aims in particular to reconstruct the form and construction of the vaultin... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308111
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The essays in this collection consider the circulation of religious material culture in the Late Antique and Byzantine world, exploring themes such as how objects become holy and their role as physical bearers of social memory, and of ideas. Su... .... 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: 9780977409495
Published by : Oxbow Books
An interest in places of pilgrimage is very much a part of the life of many people in the modern world. For Christians, it is the Holy Land that holds specific interest - the area where the events described in the Bible, in both the Old and the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783895007033
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: Spätantike-Frühes Christentum-Byzanz
Volume: 26
This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods. Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished the invention of the apse image: on the one hand there were statues ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780300115703
Published by : Yale University Press
An absolutely massive book, this, and given its size, and the sheer quality of its production, extraordinary value for money. Accompanied throughout by full colour photos and plans, Slobodan Curcic's text gives a comprehensive survey of 1200 ye... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780884023487
Published by : Dumbarton Oaks
Reminiscences of the Old Testament are ubiquitous in Byzantine literature and art, and the Byzantine people revered and indentified with Old Testament role models. Contributors examine the manifestations of the holy books in such areas as Byzan... .... Learn More