Byzantium : Faith and Power (1261-1557)

by Edited by Helen C. Evans

• ISBN13: 9780300102789
• ISBN10: 030010278X
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2004-03-11
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Table of Contents

Statement
Sponsors' Statements
Director's Foreword
Acknowledgments
Lenders to the Exhibition
Contributors to the Catalogue
Note to the Reader
Map: Byzantium and Its Neighbors, 1261-1577	p. 2
Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)	p. 5
Revival and Decline: Voices from the Byzantine Capital	p. 17
Catalogue numbers 1-33	p. 26
Religious Settings of the Late Byzantine Sphere	p. 65
Catalogue numbers 34-48	p. 78
Sculpture and the Late Byzantine Tomb	p. 95
Catalogue numbers 49-59	p. 104
Liturgical Implements	p. 117
Catalogue numbers 60-76	p. 125
Images: Expressions of Faith and Power	p. 143
Catalogue numbers 77-125	p. 153
Images of Personal Devotion: Miniature Mosaic and Steatite Icons	p. 209
Catalogue numbers 126-49	p. 215
Precious-Metal Icon Revetments	p. 243
Catalogue numbers 150-55	p. 252
Manuscript Illumination in Byzantium, 1261-1557	p. 259
Catalogue numbers 156-76	p. 270
Liturgical Textiles	p. 295
Catalogue numbers 177-200	p. 300
The Icon as a Ladder of Divine Ascent in Form and Color	p. 335
Catalogue numbers 201-42	p. 341
Byzantium and the Islamic World, 1261-1557	p. 389
Catalogue numbers 243-55	p. 397
The Arts of Christian Communities in the Medieval Middle East	p. 415
Catalogue numbers 256-71	p. 427
Italy, the Mendicant Orders, and the Byzantine Sphere	p. 449
Catalogue numbers 272-97	p. 462
Venice and the Byzantine Sphere	p. 489
Catalogue numbers 298-313	p. 495
Byzantium and the Rebirth of Art and Learning in Italy and France	p. 515
Catalogue numbers 314-28	p. 524
"A la facon grece": The Encounter of Northern Renaissance Artists with Byzantine Icons	p. 545
Catalogue numbers 329-55	p. 556
Notes to the Essays	p. 594
Bibliography	p. 608
Glossary	p. 642
Index	p. 646
Photograph Credits	p. 658
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