Snyder's Medieval Art

by Luttikhuizen, Henry; Verkerk, Dorothy

• ISBN13: 9780131929708
• ISBN10: 0131929704
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-28
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Describes the times in which the art was created as well as the issues of patronage, function, and ultimately, the publicrs"s reception of the art as it was produced. Providing a magnificent overview of medieval painting, sculpture, and architecturein Italy, Byzantium, Germany, and France from the 4th to the 14th centuriesincluding Early Christian, Byzantine, Pre-Romanesque Hiberno-Saxon, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments to the First Edition	viii
Preface and Acknowledgments to the Second Edition	ix
Maps
Europe and the Byzantine Empire	x
Italy	xii
France and Spain	xiii
The British Isles	xiv
PART ONE LATE ANTIQUITY
Art and Religion in Late Antiquity	3	(14)
The Catacombs and Funerary Arts	9	(4)
Sarcophagi	13	(3)
The First Churches	16	(1)
Constantine and the Arts	17	(14)
The Basilica	20	(6)
Constantinople	26	(1)
Jerusalem	27	(4)
The Fifth and Sixth Centuries	31	(24)
Illuminated Books	40	(9)
Art and Architecture in the Eastern Mediterranean	49	(6)
PART TWO THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Byzantine Art Before Iconoclasm	55	(36)
The Byzantine East	55	(1)
Hagia Sophia	56	(4)
Justinian's Churches in Constantinople	60	(1)
The Figurative Arts	61	(4)
Thessaloniki	65	(4)
Mount Sinai	69	(4)
Ravenna	73	(18)
Middle and Late Byzantine Art	91	(29)
Iconoclasm	91	(1)
The Triumph of Orthodoxy	92	(4)
Mosaics and Ivories	96	(5)
The Imperial Scriptoria	101	(4)
The Monastery Church	105	(7)
Fresco Painting	112	(2)
Panel Painting	114	(1)
Armenia	115	(1)
Russia	115	(3)
Late Byzantine Art	118	(2)
Byzantine Art and Italy	120	(15)
Venice	120	(5)
Sicily	125	(10)
PART THREE THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES IN THE WEST
Northern Traditions and Synthesis	135	(29)
Precursors	135	(2)
The Coming of Christianity	137	(1)
Insular Art	138	(12)
The Anglo-Saxons	150	(4)
The Lombards and Romans	154	(4)
The Merovingians	158	(3)
The Visigoths	161	(3)
Carolingian Art and Architecture	164	(29)
Palaces	165	(2)
Basilicas	167	(5)
Mural Painting and Mosaics	172	(3)
Book Illustration	175	(9)
Other Crafts	184	(9)
Diffusion and Diversity	193	(26)
Anglo-Saxon Art	193	(6)
Anglo-Norman Art	199	(2)
The Ottonians	201	(13)
Scandinavians	214	(5)
PART FOUR MEDIEVAL ART AND ISLAM
Islam in the Middle East	219	(7)
Umayyad Dynasty	220	(4)
Abbasid Dynasty	224	(2)
Crusader Art and Architecture	226	(9)
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher	226	(3)
Nazareth	229	(1)
Book Arts	229	(4)
Krak des Chevaliers	233	(2)
Islamic Spain	235	(18)
Cordoba	235	(4)
Mozarabic Art in Northern Spain	239	(5)
After the Fall of the Caliphate	244	(3)
Convivencia	247	(1)
Granada	248	(5)
PART FIVE THE ROMANESQUE
Pilgrimage and Monasticism	253	(32)
Catalonia (Catalunya)	253	(6)
The Road to Santiago	259	(11)
Cluny	270	(6)
Burgundy	276	(6)
The Cistercians	282	(3)
The Papacy and the Empire	285	(22)
Monte Cassino and Rome	285	(5)
Tuscany	290	(4)
Lombardy	294	(3)
Germanic Lands	297	(9)
Nuns and Manuscript Painting	306	(1)
Normandy and Western France	307	(16)
The Normans	307	(4)
Aquitaine	311	(12)
PART SIX THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
French Gothic Art	323	(41)
Saint Denis and the Beginnings of French Gothic	323	(13)
Chartres	336	(15)
Amiens	351	(6)
Reims	357	(7)
Saint Louis and Late Medieval France	364	(21)
Paris and the Rayonnant Style	364	(3)
Illuminated Manuscripts	367	(10)
Ivories	377	(4)
Late Medieval France	381	(4)
Gothic Styles in England and Spain	385	(30)
English Gothic Architecture	386	(17)
English Manuscripts	403	(6)
English Liturgical Art	409	(1)
Spanish Gothic Architecture	410	(3)
Spanish Manuscripts and Maps	413	(2)
Late Medieval Italy and Urban Monasticism	415	(25)
Primi Lumi	418	(5)
Sculpture	423	(6)
Duccio and Simone Martini	429	(6)
Assisi	435	(2)
Panoramic Scenes	437	(3)
Art and Mysticism in Late Medieval Germany	440	(22)
Rhineland Churches	440	(8)
Churches in the Eastern Territories	448	(4)
Andachtsbilder	452	(4)
Manuscripts	456	(6)
Coda: Inventing the Middle Ages	462	(11)
Notes	473	(21)
Select Bibliography	494	(10)
Timetables of Medieval History and Art	504	(4)
Index	508	(19)
Picture Credits	527