Mediaeval art / [by] Charles Rufus Morey

Morey, Charles Rufus (1877-1955)

1942, 1st edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., inc. Very good copy in the original buckram cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #309504

Physical description: xv, 412 pages: frontispiece, illustrations, plates.; 26 x 21 cm. Notes: Map on lining-papers. "Reading list": p. [393]-396. Contents: Introduction: Factors and phases of Medieval art -- EARLY CHRISTIAN ART: THE TRANSCENDENTAL FACTOR: The dissolution of Classic style -- The two Hellenistic styles -- The beginning of Christian art -- Early Christian art in Egypt -- Early Christian art in Constantinople and the Asiatic East -- Early Christian art in the Latin East -- The end of early Christian art -- BYZANTINE ART: CONTEMPLATIVE MYSTICISM: The formation of Byzantine style -- Mid-Byzantine minor arts; The twelve feasts -- Mid-Byzantine monumental art, mosaics and frescoes -- Comnenian and Palaeologan style; Neo-Hellenism -- ROMANEQUES ART: POSITIVE MYSTICISM: "Barbarian" style; The Christian art of Ireland -- The Carolingian "Renaissance" -- Anglo-Saxon and Ottonian style; Italian Romanesque -- HIGH GOTHIC: THE SCHOLASTIC SYNTHESIS: Gothic dualism and gothic space -- Gothic windows and Gothic manuscripts -- Gothic sculpture in France -- High Gothic sculpture in Germany, England, and Spain -- Italian Gothic sculpture -- LATE GOTHIC: THE REALISTIC MOVEMENT: Gothic and early Renaissance in Italy -- Early Northern Realism: Burgundy and the Netherlands -- The realistic movement in Germany, England, Spain, and France. Subjects: Art, Medieval. Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500. Art, Gothic. Art, Romanesque. Art, Medieval Criticism and interpretation. Art, Medieval Europe. Art, Early Christian. Art, Byzantine Art Europe Medieval period, 450-1500. Other names: Morey, Charles Rufus 1877-1955. Morey, Charles Rufus 1877-1955. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.

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