Art of the Byzantine Era

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THE WORLD OF ART Art of the Byzantine Era Dávid Talbot Rice 247 plates 64 in color Here is a complete account of Byzantine art from the reign of Justinian to the fali of Constantinople. The plates illustrate architectural works, frescoes, mosaics, chalices, bejeweled gospel covers, and many other opulent works of art, which for the people of Byzantium were the material proof of their greatness and power over the Mediterranean states. Professor Talbot Rice was unquestionably one of the greatest authorities on Byzantine art. His travels led him as far afield as the rock churches of Cappadocia and Cicilia, the tufa monuments of Armenia and Georgia, the monastic communities ensconced in the mountains of northern Greece and Yugoslavia, and the thirteenth-century ceramic factories of Bulgaria, now buried in the alluvial mud of the Danube. This work provides a masterly survey, excitingly illustrated, of an art of magnificence and power that belonged to a great and sophisticated society.... Tovább

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THE WORLD OF ART Art of the Byzantine Era Dávid Talbot Rice 247 plates 64 in color Here is a complete account of Byzantine art from the reign of Justinian to the fali of Constantinople. The plates illustrate architectural works, frescoes, mosaics, chalices, bejeweled gospel covers, and many other opulent works of art, which for the people of Byzantium were the material proof of their greatness and power over the Mediterranean states. Professor Talbot Rice was unquestionably one of the greatest authorities on Byzantine art. His travels led him as far afield as the rock churches of Cappadocia and Cicilia, the tufa monuments of Armenia and Georgia, the monastic communities ensconced in the mountains of northern Greece and Yugoslavia, and the thirteenth-century ceramic factories of Bulgaria, now buried in the alluvial mud of the Danube. This work provides a masterly survey, excitingly illustrated, of an art of magnificence and power that belonged to a great and sophisticated society. "Of the numerous books on Byzantine art published since the end of the war, this is one of the most valuable and in formative . . . absorbing reading for the speciálist and layman alike" - George T. Noszlopy, Arts Review Dávid Talbot Rice was Watson-Gordon Professor of Fine Art at Edinburgh University Among his many books, Islamic Art is alsó in the World of Art series. Vissza