Lowden, John,

Early Christian & Byzantine art / Early Christian and Byzantine art John Lowden. - 447 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm. - Art & ideas . - Art & ideas. .

Introduction -- Art before Iconoclasm -- God and Salvation: The Formation of a Christian Art -- Emperors and Holy Men: Constantinople and the East -- Heretics and Bankers: Ravenna and the West -- Iconoclasm -- Icon or Idol?: The Iconoclast Controversy -- Art after Iconoclasm -- Orthodoxy and Innovation: Byzantine Art c.860-c.960 -- Sacred Spaces: Decorated Churches c.960-c.1100 -- Holy Books: Illuminated Manuscripts c.976-c.1100 -- Byzantine Art in a Wider World -- Perception and Reception: Art in Twelfth-Century Italy -- Crisis and Continuity: The Sack of Constantinople -- The End of an Era?: Constantinople Regained and Lost 1261-1453 -- Glossary -- Later Roman and Byzantine Emperors -- Key Dates -- Map -- Further Reading -- Index -- Acknowledgements. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Art, Early Christian
Art, Byzantine

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