Art & Architecture
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Medieval Rome: A History in Art [Hardback]
John Osborne (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597414
Published by : Pindar Press
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For over twenty years, Professor Osborne has worked on the medieval wall paintings of Rome. His papers cover the period from the Byzantine art of the early Middle Ages to the flowering of monumental painting and mosaic in the twelfth and thirteent... .... Learn More -
Design and Techniques in Early Medieval Celtic Metalwork [Hardback]
Niamh Whitfield (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597339
Published by : Pindar Press
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Niamh Whitfield is a leading authority on the metalwork of early Medieval Ireland and Scotland. Celtic metalwork of the seventh to twelfth centuries is extremely accomplished technically, and she has aimed at a thorough understanding of its manufa... .... Learn More -
Arrayed in Splendor: Art, Fashion, and Textiles in Medieval and Early Modern Europe [Paperback]
Christoph Brachmann (Editor)
£110.00ISBN: 9782503579658
Published by : Brepols
Precious textiles, fabrics, embroideries, and tapestries played an important role in medieval and early modern cultures of representation. The high esteem in which the textile arts were held was not only due to the enormous material value of gold ... .... Learn More -
The Cosmatesque Mosaics of Westminster Abbey: The Pavements and Royal Tombs: History, Archaeology, Architecture and Conservation [Hardback]
Warwick Rodwell (Author); David S. Neal (Author)
Regular Price: £65.00
Special Price: £52.00
ISBN: 9781789252347
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Westminster Abbey contains the only surviving medieval Cosmatesque mosaics outside Italy. They comprise: the ‘Great Pavement’ in the sanctuary; the pavement around the shrine of Edward the Confessor; the saint’s tomb and shrine; Henry III’s tomb; ... .... Learn More -
Twelfth-Century Sculptural Finds at Canterbury Cathedral and the Cult of Thomas Becket [Hardback]
Carolyn Marino Malone (Author)
Regular Price: £55.00
Special Price: £44.00
ISBN: 9781789252309
Published by : Oxbow Books
This study reconstructs twelfth-century sculptural and architectural finds, found during the restoration of the Perpendicular Great Cloister of Christ Church, Canterbury, as architectural screens constructed around 1173. It proposes that the scree... .... Learn More -
Lombard Legacy: Cultural Strategies and the Visual Arts in Early Medieval Italy [Hardback]
John Mitchell (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597346
Published by : Pindar Press
Using the great south-Italian monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno, one of the best preserved monasteries of the earliest Middle Ages, as a case-study and heuristic paradigm, John Mitchell has engaged in a wide-ranging examination of the ways in ... .... Learn More -
Arquitectura religiosa en el espacio rural del Reino de Sevilla: Análisis edilicio, constructivo y estructural en la Sierra de Aracena durante los siglos XIII–XV [Paperback]
Omar Romero de la Osa Fernandez (Author)
£39.00ISBN: 9781407316727
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The expansion of the Christian kingdoms through the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages prompted a change in social norms and customs, resulting from the double process of conquest and colonisation. Architecture was one manifestation of the desir... .... Learn More -
Building the Sacred in a Crusader Kingdom: Gothic Church Architecture in Lusignan Cyprus, C. 1209 - C. 1373 [Paperback]
Michalis Olympios (Author)
£93.50ISBN: 9782503536064
Published by : Brepols
Series: Architectura Medii Aevi
Volume: 11
At the eastern confines of Latin Christendom, between the Levantine Crusader states, Byzantium, and Islam, the Lusignan kingdom of Cyprus (1192–1489) was home to a rich and diverse array of Gothic ecclesiastical structures, significant remains of ... .... Learn More -
Sculptural Seeing: Relief, Optics, and the Rise of Perspective in Medieval Italy [Hardback]
Christopher R. Lakey (Author)
£55.00ISBN: 9780300232141
Published by : Yale University Press
Although perspective has long been considered one of the essential developments of Renaissance painting, this provocative new book shifts the usual narrative back centuries, showing that medieval sculptors were already employing knowledge of optic... .... Learn More -
Islamic Elements in the Architecture of Puglia [Paperback]
Christiane L Joost-Gaugier (Author)
£135.00ISBN: 9782503580319
Published by : Brepols
Series: Architectural Crossroads
Volume: 7
Puglia is one of the most extraordinary parts of Italy. Inhabited for over 8,000 years, this region has experienced almost every type of civilization known to the European world. This book focuses on the little known but important Islamic contrib... .... Learn More
