Byzantine Art by Robin Cormack
The opulence of Byzantine art, with its extravagant use of gold and silver, is well known. Highly skilled artists created powerful representations reflecting and promoting this society and its values in icons, illuminated manuscripts, and mosaics and wallpaintings placed in domed churches and public buildings. This complete introduction to the whole period and range of Byzantine art combines immense breadth with interesting historical detail. Robin Cormack overturns the myth that Byzantine art remained constant from the inauguration of Constantinople, its artistic centre, in the year 330 until the fall of the city to the Ottomans in 1453. He shows how the many political and religious upheavals of this period produced a wide range of styles and developments in art. This updated, colour edition includes new discoveries, a revised bibliography, and, in a new epilogue, a rethinking of Byzantine Art for the present day.-
Art in Renaissance Italy 1350-1500
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Modern Art 1851-1929
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Northern Renaissance Art
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Portraiture
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Archaic and Classical Greek Art
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Landscape and Western Art
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Twentieth Century Design
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Sculpture Since 1945
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Classical Art
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Modern Architecture
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The Art of Art History
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The Photograph
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European Architecture 1750-1890
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Medieval Art
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Art in Europe, 1700-1830
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Early Medieval Art
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Fashion
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After Modern Art 1945-2000
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Early Medieval Architecture
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Medieval Architecture
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Twentieth-Century American Art
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Indian Art
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Art in China
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Native North American Art
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Roman Architecture
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Architecture in the United States
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Nineteenth-century American Art
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Beauty and Art
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African-American Art
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Australian Art
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The Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia
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After Modern Art
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Early Art and Architecture of Africa
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The Art of the Roman Empire
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Sculpture, 1900-45
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Victorian Architecture
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Renaissance Architecture
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Design in the USA
A brilliant book.. accessible to both new and more experienced readers. * Adrian Spooner, Classics for All *
Cormack's book is a masterpiece of synthesis. His book not only provides an elegantly written, thoughtful, and intelligent introduction to one of the most elusive, and often misapprehended artistic civilizations of the past, but also discloses and deconstructs the many biases and preconceived ideas that still influence our understanding of Byzantine tradition. * Michele Bacci, University of Fribourg, Switzerland *
This is the best introduction/introductory book to Byzantine art and to perceptions of that art -- both ours and the Byzantines'. The structure remains the same but it has been updated with a subtle shift in emphasis, arguing for Byzantine art as a product of the Roman world. Its not a simple narrative but a questioning of how Byzantine art worked for its audiences. * Liz James, Professor of History of Art, University of SUssex *
Review from previous edition The handbook of Byzantine Art for both lay readers and specialists. * Annabel Wharton, Duke University *
The reader is left with a powerful impression of how the Byzantines themselves must have looked upon the art that surrounded them. * David Buckon, The British Museum *
Cormack's book is a masterpiece of synthesis. His book not only provides an elegantly written, thoughtful, and intelligent introduction to one of the most elusive, and often misapprehended artistic civilizations of the past, but also discloses and deconstructs the many biases and preconceived ideas that still influence our understanding of Byzantine tradition. * Michele Bacci, University of Fribourg, Switzerland *
This is the best introduction/introductory book to Byzantine art and to perceptions of that art -- both ours and the Byzantines'. The structure remains the same but it has been updated with a subtle shift in emphasis, arguing for Byzantine art as a product of the Roman world. Its not a simple narrative but a questioning of how Byzantine art worked for its audiences. * Liz James, Professor of History of Art, University of SUssex *
Review from previous edition The handbook of Byzantine Art for both lay readers and specialists. * Annabel Wharton, Duke University *
The reader is left with a powerful impression of how the Byzantines themselves must have looked upon the art that surrounded them. * David Buckon, The British Museum *
Robin Cormack is Professor Emeritus in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. He is author of Writing in Gold: Byzantine Society and its Icons (1985), The Byzantine Eye: Collected Studies in Art and Patronage (1989), Painting the Soul: Icons, Death Masks, Shrouds (1997), and Icons (2007, 2014).
He co-operated in the production of the film A Window to Heaven (Getty Foundation and Metropolitan Museum of Program for Art on Film, 1990), and was the Royal Academy consultant for the exhibitions From Byzantine to El Greco (1987), The Art of Holy Russia: Icons from Moscow 1400-1660 (1998), and Byzantium 330-1453 (2008-9).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198778790 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198778791 |
| Title | Byzantine Art |
| Author | Robin Cormack |
| Series | Oxford History Of Art |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2018-03-08 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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