Byzantium, 330-1453 / edited by Robin Cormack and Maria Vassilaki
2009, 1st edition. London: Royal Academy of Arts. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #313171
Physical description: 494 pages: colour illustrations, colour maps; 30 cm. Notes:
Published to accompany exhibition of same name, held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 25th October 2008-22 March 2009. Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes translations from the French, German, Greek and Italian. Contents: A historical introduction / Cyril Mango -- The art of Byzantium: 330-1453 / Robin Cormack and Maria Vassilaki -- The beginnings of Christian art / Thomas F. Mathews -- From Constantine to iconoclasm / Henry Maguire -- At court / Anthony Cutler -- At home: pt. 1: Ceramics of everyday life / Demetra Papanikola-Bakirtzi -- At home: pt. 2: Metalwork of everyday life / Marlia Mundell Mango -- At home: pt. 3: Jewellery and adornment / Aimilia Yeroulanou -- At church / Liz James -- Icons / Nano Chatzidakis -- Byzantium and the West / Michele Bacci -- Beyond Byzantium / Antony Eastmond -- The monastery of St. Catherine at Sinani / Maria Vassilaki and Robin Cormack -- Catalogue entries. Subjects: Art, Byzantine; Exhibitions. Art objects, Byzantine; Exhibitions. Byzantine antiquities; Exhibitions. Christian antiquities Byzantine Empire; Exhibitions. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. Exhibition catalogs.
Price: €50.00