Byzantine Art

The opulence of Byzantine art is well known for its extravagant use of gold and silver. Highly skilled artists created powerful representations reflecting and promoting this society and its values in icons, illuminated manuscripts, mosaics, and wall paintings. Robin Cormack overturns the myth that Byzantine art remained constant from the inauguration of Constantinople in 330 until the fall of the city to the Ottomans in 1453. This updated, color edition includes new discoveries, a revised bibliography, and a rethinking of Byzantine Art for the present day.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 272 pages
\n Publication date: 08 March 2018
\n Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The opulence of Byzantine art, with its lavish use of gold and silver, is renowned. Highly skilled artists crafted powerful representations that reflected and promoted this society and its values in icons, illuminated manuscripts, mosaics, and wall paintings found in domed churches and public buildings. This comprehensive introduction to the entire period and range of Byzantine art combines immense breadth with fascinating historical detail. Robin Cormack challenges the myth that Byzantine art remained constant from the inauguration of Constantinople, its artistic center, in the year 330 until the city's fall to the Ottomans in 1453. He demonstrates how the many political and religious upheavals of this period resulted in a diverse range of styles and developments in art. This updated, color edition includes new discoveries, a revised bibliography, and, in a new epilogue, a rethinking of Byzantine Art for the present day.

\n Weight: 486g\n
Dimension: 169 x 239 x 13 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780198778790\n
Edition number: 2 Revised edition\n