Byzantium Faith and Power (1261 - 1557) [FIRST EDITION]

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Fine unread condition heavy oversized navy blue cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Statement by His All Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Christian Church; Sponsors' Statements; Director's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Lenders to the Exhibition; Contributors to the Catalogue; Note to the Reader; Map: Byzantium and Its Neighbors, 1261 - 1557; Notes to the Essays; Bibliography; Glossary; Index; and Photograph Credits. Profusely illustrated with both black-and-white and color photographs. The dust jacket is protected with a clear Brodart type jacket protector. "This publication is issued in conjunction with the exhibition "Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261 - 1557)," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from March 23 through July 4, 2004. The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. "The fall of the Byzantine capital of Constantinople to the Latin West in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade abruptly interrupted nearly nine hundred years of artistic and cultural traditions. In 1261, however, the Byzantine general Michael VIII Palaiologos triumphantly reentered Constantinople and reclaimed the seat of the empire, initiating a resurgence of art and culture that would continue for nearly three hundred years, not only in the waning empire itself but also among rival Eastern Christian nations eager to assume its legacy. Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261 - 1557), and the groundbreaking exhibition that it accompanies, explores the artistic and cultural flowering of the last centuries of the "Empire of the Romans" and its enduring heritage. Conceived as the third of a trio of exhibitions dedicated to a fuller understanding of the art of the Byzantine Empire, whose influence spanned more than a millennium, "Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261 - 1557)" follows the 1997 landmark presentation of "The Glory of Byzantium," which focused on the art and culture of the Middle Byzantine era -- the Second Golden Age of the Byzantine Empire (843 - 1261). In the late 1970s, "The Age of Spirituality" explored the early centuries of Byzantium's history. The present concluding segment explores the exceptional artistic accomplishments of an era too often considered in terms of politial decline. Magnificent works -- from splendid frescoes, textiles, gilded metalwork, and mosaics to elaborately decorated manuscripts and liturgical objects -- testify to the artistic and intellectual vigor of the Late and Post Byzantine era. In addition, forty magnificent icons from the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, join others from leading international institutions in a splendid gathering of these powerful religious images. While the political strength of the empire weakened, the creativity and learning of Byzantium spread farther than ever before. The exceptional works of secular and religious art produced by Late Byzantine artists were emulated and transformed by other Eastern Christian centers of power, among them Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Cillician Armenia. The Islamic world adapted motifs drawn from Byzantium's imperial past, as Christian minorities in the Muslim East continued Byzantine customs. From Italy to the Lowlands, Byzantium's artistic and intellectual practices deeply influenced the development of the Renaissance, while, in turn, Byzantium's own traditions reflected the empire's connections with the Latin West. Fine examples of these interrelationships are illustrated by important panel paintings, ceramics, and illuminated manuscripts, among other objects. In 1557 the "Empire of the Romans," as its citizens knew it, which had fallen to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, was renamed Byzantium by the German scholar Hieronymus Wolf. " - excerpt from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. N° de ref. del artículo 006928

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