Art of the Byzantine Era: -world of art series- (E): 0 - Tapa blanda

Talbot Rice, David

 
9780500200049: Art of the Byzantine Era: -world of art series- (E): 0
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ISBN 10: 0500200041 ISBN 13: 9780500200049
Editorial: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1963

Sinopsis

For the people of Byzantium, their architectural works, frescoes, mosaics, ivories, chalices, bejewelled gospel covers and qlany other opulent works of art were the material proof of their greatness and power over the Mediterranean states. The vast range of these riches is illustrated in this complete account of Byzantine art from the reign of Justinian to the fall of Constantinople.

David Talbot Rice, one of the greatest authorities on Byzantine art, travelled as far afield as the rock churches of Cappadocia and Cilicia, the tufa monuments of Armenia and Georgia, and the thirteenth-century ceramic factories of Bulgaria, now buried in the alluvial mud of the Danube. His book is a masterly survey of an art of magnificence and power that belonged to a great and sophisticated society.

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Acerca del autor

David Talbot Rice, one of the greatest authorities on Byzantine art, travelled as far afield as the rock churches of Cappadocia and Cilicia, the tufa monuments of Armenia and Georgia, and the thirteenth-century ceramic factories of Bulgaria, now buried in the alluvial mud of the Danube. His book is a masterly survey of an art of magnificence and power that belonged to a great and sophisticated society.

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One of the greatest authorities in the field chronicles the opulence of Byzantine art from the reign of Justinian (527-565) to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. With plates that depict stupendous architectural works, frescoes, mosaics, chalices and bejeweled gospel covers, to name a few, the book provides a masterly survey of an art of magnificence and power. Drawing on extensive scholarly research as well as his own travels to the rock churches of Cappadocia and Cicilia, the monastic communities in the mountains of northern Greece and Yugoslavia, and the author illuminates the astounding works of art within a culture that celebrated art as material proof of their dominance over the Mediterranean states. 247 illus., 64 in color.

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Editorial
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Año de publicación
1963
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0500200041
ISBN 13 
9780500200049
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
288
Contacto del fabricante
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ISBN 10:  0500180210 ISBN 13:  9780500180211
Editorial: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1963
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