This book provides a standard introduction to Byzantine art and architecture for the university student and for anyone seriously interested in the subject. It covers the whole Byzantine period from the fourth to the fourteenth century in a systematic manner, by period, dealing with material culture under main section headings (such as architecture, sculpture, monumental art, minor arts and manuscripts) for ease of reference. The text is illustrated by well over 300 maps, plans and halftones.
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'This is a most comprehensive and exemplary book ... Dr Rodley must be congratulated upon producing such an authoritative survey of a complex period, and in presenting it in terms which both the specialist and non-specialist will readily comprehend.' The Greek Gazette
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Systematically covering the entire Byzantine period from the fourth to fourteenth century, this well illustrated reference work provides a standard introduction to Byzantine art and architecture for the art lover as well as the university student.
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Honestly, the first of its kind. A rich and truly significant era of art history meticulously researched has produced a truly wonderful volume aimed at university-level students, with thorough additional sources thoughtfully appended. Rodley is a leading British scholar of this period, with outstanding field experience. Majority of pictures are her own, and beautifully rendered. Absolutely should be a required text all art/art history libraries. A significant contribution to the canon. Future textbooks would do well to follow Rodley's lead in style and presentation.
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'Metamorphosis' is the term often used for the process by which the pagan Roman empire became the Christian Byzantine empire - an appropriate term because the change came about through the modification of existing traditions to new purposes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
festival icons, plain gold ground, sanctuary screen, basilical form, holy hierarchy, inner narthex, donor images, passion cycle, sanctuary bay, consular diptychs, stylized acanthus, votive crown, monumental art, imperial dress, mosaic decoration, mosaic icon, main apse, evangelist portraits, ivory diptych, formal images, strung pearls, imperial imagery, military saints, canon tables, domed basilica Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hosios Loukas, Mount Sinai, John the Baptist, Old Testament, Mount Athos, Christ Pantocrator, Paris Psalter, San Marco, Anicia Juliana, Paris Gregory, Chora Monastery, Pantocrator Monastery, Nea Mone, New Testament, Rabbula Gospels, Joshua Roll, New York, Istanbul Archaeological Museum, Koimesis Church, Theodore Metochites, Divine Liturgy, Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Monastery of Lips, Nikephoros Phokas, Theophanes Continuatus New!
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'Metamorphosis' is the term often used for the process by which the pagan Roman empire became the Christian Byzantine empire - an appropriate term because the change came about through the modification of existing traditions to new purposes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
festival icons, plain gold ground, sanctuary screen, basilical form, holy hierarchy, inner narthex, donor images, passion cycle, sanctuary bay, consular diptychs, stylized acanthus, votive crown, monumental art, imperial dress, mosaic decoration, mosaic icon, main apse, evangelist portraits, ivory diptych, formal images, strung pearls, imperial imagery, military saints, canon tables, domed basilica Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hosios Loukas, Mount Sinai, John the Baptist, Old Testament, Mount Athos, Christ Pantocrator, Paris Psalter, San Marco, Anicia Juliana, Paris Gregory, Chora Monastery, Pantocrator Monastery, Nea Mone, New Testament, Rabbula Gospels, Joshua Roll, New York, Istanbul Archaeological Museum, Koimesis Church, Theodore Metochites, Divine Liturgy, Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Monastery of Lips, Nikephoros Phokas, Theophanes Continuatus New!
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- Cave Monasteries of Byzantine Cappadocia by Lyn Rodley on 4 pages
- The Architecture of the Kariye Camii in Istanbul (Dumbarton Oaks Studies) by Robert G. Ousterhout in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture by Richard Krautheimer in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Divine Liturgy by David Drillock on page 274, and page 309
- Earth and Ocean: The Terrestrial World in Early Byzantine Art (Monographs on the Fine Arts) by Henry Maguire in Back Matter
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- Christianity, Art and Transformation: Theological Aesthetics in the Struggle for Justice by John W. De Gruchy on page 21, and Back Matter
- Medieval Art: A Topical Dictionary by Leslie Ross in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Glenstal Book of Icons: Praying with the Glenstal Icons by Gregory Collins on page 40
- The Westminster Handbook to Patristic Theology by John Anthony McGuckin on page 29
- God and Gold in Late Antiquity by Dominic Janes in Back Matter
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