Early Medieval Art
Early Medieval Art
Praeger Publishers | 1969 | ISBN: N/A | English | 276 pages | PDF | 56.8 MB
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.