Art & Architecture

ISBN: 9780199568307
Published by : Oxford University Press
This intellectual biography of St. Augustine was discovered among Henry Chadwick's papers at his death, and is a much extended version of the work which was to appear in the Very Short Introduction to series. Chadwick was pre-eminent among sch... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789756149508
Published by : Zero Produksiyon Ltd (ege yayinlari)
The first volume in a large-scale project to publish the entire corpus of mosaics in Turkey. It focuses on just one church - the East Basilica at Xanthos in Lycia, and traces the development of its spectacular mosaic programme from the early By... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407304434
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study aims to determine the relationship between the earliest Christian churches in Argyll and the Neolithic and Iron Age sacred landscapes which preceeded them. The author argues that Christianity should be seen as developing along local ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780230007154
Published by : Palgrave
This study asks what Byzantines meant when they described someone as beautiful, examines the importance of beauty to Byzantine society, and explores questions of beauty and masculinity. It analyses both images and texts to identify the physica... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503533810
Published by : Brepols
Focusing in particular on iconography, these papers span the whole Byzantine world, and take in a wide range of artistic media. They include both detailed studies of specific works, and wider issues of genre, cultural contacts and reception. Co... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781904597322
Published by : Pindar Press
Recent discussions on Byzantine art have been dominated by the question of representing realia . Among these, however, the way works of art reflect the daily life of women have not received much space or attention. The present book studi... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783895004971
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: Spätantike - Fruehes Christentum - Byzanz
Volume: 24
Contents:
Non-destructive Investigation of Ivory by FTIR and Raman Spectroscopy ( Arun Banerjee ); The Making of Early-Byzantine Pyxides ( Gudrun Buehl ); Caillet, Remarques sur l'iconographie Christo-Mariale des grands diptyques d'iv... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846311321
Published by : Liverpool University Press
Nemesius, bishop of Emesa, wrote this treatise, an intriguing mix of philosophy, theology, medicine and psychology in the late fourth century AD. He considers man's place in the hierarchy of the universe, the soul and the body, will and human... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199258628
Published by : Oxford University Press
This study aims to shed light on the ways that Egyptian Copts thought about, represented and worshipped Christ in the centuries from Late Antiquity to around 1300. A particular focus is the act of incarnation and its implication for humans and ... .... Learn More