Early Medieval Art

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PRAEGER WORLD OF ART PAPERBACKS
Early Medieval Art
by JOHN BECKWITH
When Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the West in ad 800, political coherence was re-established in Western Europe, and with it began a concurrent artistic reawakening we now call the Carolingian renovatio. John Beckwith traces here the fascinating story of medieval art as it evolved from this early revival of imperial tradition to the full glory of Romanesque achievement.
This uniquely comprehensive history, lavishly illustrated with many faithful and luminous reproductions of medieval art, begins with the early triumphs of the new imperial spirit: the great palace at Aachen; the elaborate book designs and illuminations created at Charlemagne's court in the medieval centers at Metz, Tours, and St. Gall; the abbey of Saint-Denis and the church at Fulda; the ivories and gold carvings of France and Italy; the magnificent frescoes at Auxerre and Miistair. Mr. Beckwith then describes the evolution of various... Tovább

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PRAEGER WORLD OF ART PAPERBACKS
Early Medieval Art
by JOHN BECKWITH
When Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the West in ad 800, political coherence was re-established in Western Europe, and with it began a concurrent artistic reawakening we now call the Carolingian renovatio. John Beckwith traces here the fascinating story of medieval art as it evolved from this early revival of imperial tradition to the full glory of Romanesque achievement.
This uniquely comprehensive history, lavishly illustrated with many faithful and luminous reproductions of medieval art, begins with the early triumphs of the new imperial spirit: the great palace at Aachen; the elaborate book designs and illuminations created at Charlemagne's court in the medieval centers at Metz, Tours, and St. Gall; the abbey of Saint-Denis and the church at Fulda; the ivories and gold carvings of France and Italy; the magnificent frescoes at Auxerre and Miistair. Mr. Beckwith then describes the evolution of various regional styles in the Ottoman period and points out the varying emphasis on schematized forms and colors, decorative elements, and transcendentalist abstraction. In the flowering of sculpture in the Ottoman period, Mr. Beckwith reveals the Western traditions that developed independently of Byzantine influence. Lastly, he discusses the great monuments of Romanesque art—at Winchester, Speyer, Cluny, Moissac, and Durham. His book concludes with a study of the English schools of illumination and the Burgundián traditions of architecture and sculpture.
the author: John Beckwith is author of Coptic Sculpture and The Art of Constantinople.
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