History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art books

In the years around 1500, France was undergoing profound demographic and political shifts. Responding to the kingdom's...  Read More >>

Supported by colour images, charts, and maps, this volume examines how under Seljuq rule, migrations of people and...  Read More >>

This study explores the iconographic origins of the Madonna della Misericordia as a devotional image by identifying...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

This exhibition publication explores the ancient roots of chivalry as well as the role of a knight in combat and...  Read More >>

Essays showing how the stuff of Norman Sicily, its mosaics, frescoes, art and architecture, was used to construct...  Read More >>

A fresh approach to the construction of ""Anglo-Saxon England"" and its depiction in art and writing.  Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

A sustained campaign of seduction and espionage against the Travalaithi Empire is threatened when a beautiful young...  Read More >>

Die westliche sakrale Kunstlandschaft des Mittelalters prasentiert ein reiches Bildrepertoire an Adam-und-Eva-Erzahlungen....  Read More >>

Like the sea, and the watery medium with which rock crystal is identified in the Middle Ages, the history of its...  Read More >>

""Un descendant de la race carolingienne, considéré par tous comme éteint, viendra à Rome et admirera la piété et...  Read More >>

Accompanies the biggest ever exhibition on the Flemish master Jan Van Eyck, a once-in-a-lifetime experience that...  Read More >>

A riveting exploration of how the Fatimid dynasty carefully orchestrated an architectural program that proclaimed...  Read More >>

Between the 13th and 14th centuries, the government of Siena dedicated particular attention to public springs and...  Read More >>

Like the medieval bestiaries of old, the Bestiary Alphabet collects mythological creatures from all over the globe....  Read More >>

Every great religious order runs into difficulties, and God provides a saint to redress them. Where would the Benedictines...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

This book is for those concerned with the study of cultural construction and identity politics. It explores iconic...  Read More >>

Two volume set The Second Council of Nicaea (787) decreed that religious images were to set up in churches and...  Read More >>

This full-color catalog explores the interrelationships between the East and West during the first millennium.  Read More >>

The amazing life of St. Colette, a Poor Clare Nun that helped reform the Church in the 15th century.  Read More >>

"Throughout the history of Christianity, men and women have wrestled with the challenge of how to interpret, and...  Read More >>

The thirty-six manuscripts included in this catalogue provide viewers unique access to the authentic, spontaneous...  Read More >>