Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557) - Softcover

Metropolitan Museum Of Art (New York, N. Y.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1588391140 ISBN 13: 9781588391148

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004

Synopsis

A sequel to the landmark catalogue The Glory of Byzantium, this magnificent book features work from the last golden age of the Byzantine empire. During the last centuries of the "Empire of the Romans", Byzantine artists created exceptional secular and religious works that had an enduring influence on art and culture. In later years, Eastern Christian centres of power emulated and transformed Byzantine artistic styles, the Islamic world adapted motifs drawn from Byzantium's imperial past, and the development of the Renaissance from Italy to the Lowlands was deeply affected by Byzantine artistic and intellectual practices. This spectacular book presents hundreds of objects in all media from the late thirteenth through mid-sixteenth centuries. Featured in full-colour reproductions are sacred icons, luxuriously embroidered silk textiles, richly gilded metalwork, miniature icons of glass, precious metals and gemstone, and elaborately decorated manuscripts. In the accompanying text, renowned

About this title

From the Publisher:

Also available: The Glory of Byzantium; This book is the catalogue for an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (march 23 to July4, 2004)

About the Author:

Helen C. Evans is Curator for Early Christian and Byzantine Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

About this edition

• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1588391140
• ISBN 13: 9781588391148
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 658
• Editor: Evans Helen C.