Art & Architecture
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The Bishop's Palace at Salisbury [Hardback]
Peter L. Smith (Author)
£29.95ISBN: 9781904965411
Published by : Spire Books
One of the least known yet most important buildings in Salisbury is the former Bishops’ Palace. First built when the city was established in the 1220s, it was home to successive bishops for over 700 years until becoming the Cathedral School in 194... .... Learn More -
Studies in the Art and Imagery of the Middle Ages [Hardback]
Richard Marks (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597384
Published by : Pindar Press
Professor Marks has been a curator at the British Museum, Keeper of the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, and Director of the Royal Pavilion and Museums in Brighton. Subsequently he held a Personal Chair in the History of Art Departmen... .... Learn More -
The Caporali Missal: A Masterpiece of Renaissance Illumination [Hardback]
Stephen N. Fliegel (Author)
Regular Price: £22.50
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9783791352718
Published by : Prestel Verlag
The Caporali Missal, a sumptuous and important illuminated Renaissance missal - or service book for the priest at the altar - was created by the Caporali brothers for the Franciscan community in the hillside town of Montone, near Perugia, in 1469.... .... Learn More -
Negotiating the Landscape [Hardback]
Ellen F. Arnold (Author)
Regular Price: £58.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780812244632
Published by : Pennsylvania University Press
Negotiating the Landscape explores the question of how medieval religious identities were shaped and modified by interaction with the natural environment. Focusing on the Benedictine monastic community of Stavelot-Malmedy in the Ardennes, Ellen F.... .... Learn More -
Art of Estrangement: Redefining Jews in Reconquest Spain [Hardback]
Pamela A. Patton (Author)
Regular Price: £65.95
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9780271053837
Published by : Penn State University Press
At its peak in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the so-called Spanish Reconquest transformed the societies of the Iberian Peninsula at nearly every level. Among the most vivid signs of this change were the innovative images developed by Chris... .... Learn More -
Studies in the Islamic Arts of the Book [Hardback]
Robert Hillenbrand (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597490
Published by : Pindar Press
Volume: 3
The studies collected in this volume, some of them rather difficult to access, date mostly from the last fifteen years and focus primarily on Persian book painting of the 14th to the early 16th centuries. In this period, Iran dominated the art of ... .... Learn More -
Orsanmichele and the History and Preservation of the Civic Monument [Hardback]
Carl Brandon Strehlke (Editor)
Regular Price: £50.00
Special Price: £24.95
ISBN: 9780300135893
Published by : Yale University Press
This far-ranging collection of essays-the first book-length scholarly exploration of Orsanmichele since 1996-marks the conclusion of a decades-long campaign to restore the magnificent medieval church and its art, most notably Orsanmichele's celebr... .... Learn More -
The Italian Piazza Transformed: Parma in the Communal Age [Hardback]
Areli Marina (Author)
Regular Price: £74.95
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9780271050706
Published by : Penn State University Press
During the long thirteenth century, the cities of northern Italy engendered a vital and distinctive civic culture despite constant political upheaval. In The Italian Piazza Transformed, Areli Marina examines the radical transformation of Parma's u... .... Learn More -
Renewed Life for Scottish Castles [Paperback]
Richard Fawcett (Author); Allan Rutherford (Author)
£20.00ISBN: 9781902771861
Published by : Council for British Archaeology
Castles, both ruined and occupied, are amongst the most deeply evocative buildings in the Scottish landscape. This book considers the history of the conservation and restoration of a number of those buildings against the background of what the ... .... Learn More -
Translating Truth: Ambitious Images and Religious Knowledge in Late Medieval France and England [Hardback]
Aden Kumler (Author)
Regular Price: £65.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780300164930
Published by : Yale University Press
This handsomely produced volume examines manuscript illumination and changing conceptions of the importance of the visual in conveying religious truth following the increased emphasis placed on pastoral work at the Fourth Lateran Council (1215... .... Learn More
