Medieval Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, 4th-14th Century
Medieval Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, 4th-14th Century
Harry N. Abrams, Inc. | 1989 | ISBN: 0135734940 | English | 518 pages | PDF | 178.4 MB
This volume discusses the arts of the church — architecture, sculpture, manuscript illumination, and sumptuary arts — in Italy, Byzantium, Germany, and France from the 4th to the 14th centuries — including Early Christian, Byzantine, Pre-Romanesque Hiberno-Saxon, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art. A study of the arts of the church from the early Christian basilica, the Byzantine domed churches, to the Gothic cathedral. Concentrates on the arts of Italy, Byzantium, Germany, and France from the 4th century to the late Gothic period. The main emphasis is on the continuities as well as the changes in traditions of architecture, narrative arts and iconic presentations.