Byzantium Faith and Power (1261-1557)

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Seller Comments: Illustrated glossy wraps. xxii, 658 pages: illustrations (some color). Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Mar. 23-July 4, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (pages 608-641) and index. Featuring work from the last golden age of the Byzantine Empire, this volume charts the exceptional secular & religious creations of the late 13th through mid 16th centuries. Works that had a profound influence on Eastern Christian, Islamic & Renaissance cultures. A sequel to the landmark catalogue the Glory of Byzantium, this spectacular book-the first to focus exclusively on the last golden age of the Byzantine empire-presents magnificent secular and religious works in all media. Contents: Byzantium: faith and power (1261-1557) /; Helen C. Evans--; Revival and decline: voices from the Byzantine capital /; Alice-Mary Talbot--; Religious settings of the Late Byzantine sphere / Slobodan ur i--; Sculpture and the Late Byzantine tomb /; Sarah Brooks--; Liturgical implements /; Anna Ballian--; Images: expressions of faith and power /; Annemarie Weyl Carr--; Images of personal devotion: miniature mosaic and steatite icons /; Arne Effenberger--; Precious-metal icon revetments /; Jannic Durand--; Manuscript illumination in Byzantium, 1261-1557 /; John Lowden--; Liturgical textiles /; Warren Woodfin--; Icon as a ladder of divine ascent in form and color /; His Eminence Archbishop Damianos of Sinai, Pharan, and Raitho, Abbot of the holy Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt--; Byzantium and the Islamic world, 1261-1557 /; Scott Redford--; Arts of Christian communities in the Medieval Middle East /; Thelma K. Thomas--; Italy, the Mendicant orders, and the Byzantine sphere /; Anne Derbes and Amy Neff--; Venice and the Byzantine sphere /; Maria Georgopoulou--; Byzantium and the rebirth of art and learning in Italy and France /; Robert S. Nelson--; "À la façon grèce": the encounter of northern Renaissance artists with Byzantine icons /; Maryan W. Ainsworth. VG/G+, cover corners slightly curled; spine is very lightly bumped top/bottom. Pages clean and tight.

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Seller Comments: 9 x 12 in. Heavy paper wraps. Lavish color photos. Condition is NEAR FINE ; minor edge wear, covers very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. Art. Stax.

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