Early Christian and Byzantine Art
Author(s): John Lowden
In the 320's AD the Emperor Constantine moved the capital of his Empire from Rome to Byzantium, which was renamed Constantinople, and until its fall in 1453 remained a major artistic centre. Under successive emperors and empresses for more than a thousand years, artists, archtects and craftsmen produced superb and intriguing works ranging fom the grandest public buildings to the smallest and most personal items. Today this art is generally termed early Christian and Byzantine. Working from the surviving material this work explains how and why early Christian and Byzantine art was made and used. The reader is taken on a journey of discovery as the ideas this art sought to express are considered.
General Information
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- : Phaidon
- : 01 November 1997
- : books
Other Specifications
- : John Lowden
- : Paperback
- : 709.0212
- : 448
- : History of art: c 500 CE to c 1400; Religious subjects depicted in art
- : 200 colour and 50 b&w illustrations
More About The Product
Published to coincide with a major exhibition - The Glory of Byzantium - at the Metroplitan Museum of Art in New York; March - July 1997.
