Byzantium : faith and power (1261-1557) / edited by Helen C. Evans.

Other author Evans, Helen C.
Other author Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxxii, 658 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Art, Byzantine--Exhibitions.
Christian art and symbolism--Byzantine Empire. --Exhibitions.

Contents Byzantium : faith and power (1261-1557) / Helen C. Evans -- Revival and decline : voices from the Byzantine capital / Alice-Mary Talbot -- Religious settings of the Late Byzantine sphere / Slobodan Ćurčić -- Sculpture and the Late Byzantine tomb / Sarah Brooks -- Liturgical implements / Anna Ballian -- Images : expressions of faith and power / Annemarie Weyl Carr -- Images of personal devotion : miniature mosaic and steatite icons / Arne Effenberger -- Precious-metal icon revetments / Jannic Durand -- Manuscript illumination in Byzantium, 1261-1557 / John Lowden -- Liturgical textiles / Warren Woodfin -- Icon as a ladder of divine ascent in form and color / His Eminence Archbishop Damianos of Sinai, Pharan, and Raitho, Abbot of the holy Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt -- Byzantium and the Islamic world, 1261-1557 / Scott Redford -- Arts of Christian communities in the Medieval Middle East / Thelma K. Thomas -- Italy, the Mendicant orders, and the Byzantine sphere / Anne Derbes and Amy Neff -- Venice and the Byzantine sphere / Maria Georgopoulou -- Byzantium and the rebirth of art and learning in Italy and France / Robert S. Nelson -- "À la façon grèce" : the encounter of northern Renaissance artists with Byzantine icons / Maryan W. Ainsworth.
Local noteLittle-344514--305131051224R
General noteCatalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Mar. 23-July 4, 2004.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 608-641) and index.
LCCN 2004001565
ISBN1588391132 (hardcover)
ISBN9781588391131 (hardcover)
ISBN1588391140 (pbk.)
ISBN9781588391148 (pbk.)
ISBN030010278X (Yale University Press)
ISBN9780300102789 (Yale University Press)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks N 6250 .B962 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold