Early Christian & Byzantine Art A&I

by Lowden, John

• ISBN13: 9780714831688
• ISBN10: 0714831689
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-04-24
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

In the 1320's AD the Emperor Constantine moved the capital of his Empire fromome to Byzantium, which was renamed Conatantinople, and until its fall in453 remained a major artistic centre. Under successive emperors andmpresses for more than a thousand years, artists, archtects and craftsmenroduced superb and intriguing works ranging fom the grandest publicuildings to the smallest and most personal items. Today this art isenerally termed early Christian and Byzantine.;Working from the survivingaterial this work explains how and why early Christian and Byzantine art wasade and used. The reader is taken on a journey of discovery as the ideashis art sought to express are considered.

Author Biography

John Lowden is Professor of History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He is an international authority on medieval and Byzantine manuscripts.

Table of Contents

Introduction	4	(5)
Art before Iconoclasm	9	(136)
1 God and Salvation The Formation of a Christian Art	9	(52)
2 Emperors and Holy Men Constantinople and the East	61	(40)
3 Heretics and Bankers Ravenna and the West	101	(44)
Iconoclasm	145	(40)
4 Icon or Idol? The Iconoclast Controversy	145	(40)
Art after Iconoclasm	185	(122)
5 Orthodoxy and Innovation Byzantine Art c.860-c.960	185	(42)
6 Sacred Spaces Decorated Churches c.960-c.1100	227	(44)
7 Holy Books Illuminated Manuscripts c.976-c.1100	271	(36)
Byzantine Art in a Wider World	307	(119)
8 Perception and Reception Art in Twelfth-Century Italy	307	(40)
9 Crisis and Continuity The Sack of Constantinople	347	(40)
10 The End of an Era? Constantinople Regained and Lost 1261-1453	387	(39)
& Glossary	426	(2)
Later Roman and Byzantine Emperors	428	(1)
Key Dates	429	(7)
Map	436	(2)
Further Reading	438	(3)
Index	441	(5)
Acknowledgements	446