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Byzantine art and its influences : collected studies
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ISBN: 0902089420 9780902089426 Year: 1973 Publisher: London : Variorum Reprints,

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San Marco, Byzantium, and the myths of Venice
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ISBN: 9780884023609 0884023605 Year: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge, MA ; London Harvard University Press

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The church of San Marco of Venice has long played a central role in Venetian political, ceremonial, and religious life. Its renowned assemblage of mosaics, sculpture, metalwork, and reliquaries are, in origin, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, or Venetian imitation of Byzantine designs. In San Marco, Byzantium, and the Myths of Venice, the authors assess the significance of the embellishment of the church and its immediate surroundings, especially during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, when most of the Byzantine material was acquired, largely from Constantinople. The church and its decoration are studied in relation to Venice’s interests abroad and on mainland Italy. The authors address the diverse styles, sources, meanings, and significance of this art, both individually and as an ensemble. Building upon developments in scholarship since Otto Demus’s masterly studies of the church, the book offers new insights into the inspiration, purposes, and mutability of San Marco and the myths that inspired and motivated Venetians.


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Byzantium and Islam : age of transition, 7th-9th century
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ISBN: 9780300179507 9781588394576 1588394573 9781588394583 1588394581 0300179502 Year: 2012 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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This magnificent volume explores the epochal transformations and unexpected continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the 7th to the 9th century. At the beginning of the 7th century, the Empire's southern provinces, the vibrant, diverse areas of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean, were at the crossroads of exchanges reaching from Spain to China. These regions experienced historic upheavals when their Christian and Jewish communities encountered the emerging Islamic world, and by the 9th century, an unprecedented cross- fertilization of cultures had taken place. This extraordinary age is brought vividly to life in insightful contributions by leading international scholars, accompanied by sumptuous illustrations of the period's most notable arts and artifacts. Resplendent images of authority, religion, and trade{u2014}embodied in precious metals, brilliant textiles, fine ivories, elaborate mosaics, manuscripts, and icons, many of them never before published{u2014} highlight the dynamic dialogue between the rich array of Byzantine styles and the newly forming Islamic aesthetic. With its masterful exploration of two centuries that would shape the emerging medieval world, this illuminating publication provides a unique interpretation of a period that still resonates today.

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Art, Byzantine --- Islamic art --- Christian art and symbolism --- Art byzantin --- Art islamique --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Exhibitions. --- Influence --- Exhibitions --- Expositions --- Byzantine Empire --- Empire byzantin --- History --- Civilization --- Islamic influences --- Histoire --- Civilisation --- Influence islamique --- Symbolisme chrétien --- Islam --- History of Greece --- History of civilization --- anno 700-799 --- anno 800-899 --- anno 600-699 --- Istanbul [city] --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Arts in the church --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Religious art --- Symbolism --- Church decoration and ornament --- Byzantine art --- Art, Medieval --- Byzantium (Empire) --- Vizantii︠a︡ --- Bajo Imperio --- Bizancjum --- Byzantinē Autokratoria --- Vyzantinon Kratos --- Vyzantinē Autokratoria --- Impero bizantino --- Bizantia --- Symbolism in art --- Art, Byzantine - Exhibitions --- Islamic art - Exhibitions --- Art, Byzantine - Influence - Exhibitions --- Christian art and symbolism - Byzantine Empire - Exhibitions --- Art byzantin - Expositions --- Art islamique - Expositions --- Art byzantin - Influence - Expositions --- Symbolisme chrétien - Empire byzantin - Expositions --- Byzance --- Byzantine Empire - Civilization - Islamic influences - Exhibitions --- Byzantine Empire - History - 527-1081 - Exhibitions --- Empire byzantin - Civilisation - Influence islamique - Expositions --- Empire byzantin - Histoire - 527-1081

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