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Art and architecture of the middle ages : exploring a connected world / Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen, Linda Safran ; Genevra Kornbluth, photo editor

Author
Caskey, Jill, 1964-
Published
Ithaca [New York] ; London : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Physical Description
xx, 377 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 32 cm
Additional Creators
Cohen, Adam S. and Safran, Linda

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Contents
Introduction: from Santiago to Samarkand, Lincoln to Lalibela -- The roots of Medieval Art -- Work in focus: The Dura-Europos Synagogue -- Work in focus: Lepcis Magna -- The fourth and fifth centuries -- Work in focus: The Church of St. Peter -- Work in focus: Qalíat Semían -- Sixth to mid-seventh Century -- Work in focus: Sutton Hoo -- Work in focus: The Church of Mren -- Mid-seventh century to late eighth century -- Work in focus: The Dome of the Rock -- Work in focus: The Lindisfarne Gospels -- Late eighth century to ca. 960 -- Work in focus: The Oseberg Ship -- Work in focus: The Samanid Mausoleum -- ca. 960 to ca. 1070 -- Work in focus: The Great Mosque of Córdoba -- Work in focus: Hosios Loukas -- ca. 1070 to ca. 1170 -- Work in focus: The Melisende Psalter -- Work in focus: The Abbey of Saint-Denis -- ca. 1170 to ca. 1250 -- Work in focus: Canterbury Cathedral -- Work in focus: The Hermitage of St. Neophytos -- ca. 1250 to ca. 1340 -- Work in focus: The Compendium of Chronicles -- Work in focus: The Birds Head Haggadah -- ca. 1340 to ca. 1450 -- Work in focus: The Convent at Wienhausen -- Work in focus: The Alhambra -- Afterlives of the Middle Ages.
Summary
"Dismantles the religious, political, and geographic walls that have separated medieval art and architecture and treats not only western Europe but also the Byzantine Empire and the Islamicate world from ca. 200 CE to ca. 1450 CE. Includes a wide variety of art forms, from large architectural complexes to small amulets printed on paper"--
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9781501766107 hardcover
1501766104 hardcover
9781501702822 paperback
1501702823 paperback
Bibliography Note
Includes index.
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment
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