History & Theory (ID 502)

Examines the architectural, sculptural and painted decorations of the church, placing them in the context of contemporary developments elsewhere in the Byzantine world, in Seljuq Anatolia and among the Caucasian neighbours of Trebizond. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

The late 11th-12th century church is described in detail, along with the surviving claustral buildings. illustrated with photographs, plans and measured drawings including accurate reconstructions; comparative scale plans of Worcester and Tewkesbury are also included. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

This book is about the excavation in 1978 of the site of the medieval chapter house of St Albans Abbey, a building second in importance only to the abbey church itself. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Presents the story of the Byzantine monuments of Istanbul, the city known in the medieval period as Constantinople and in classical antiquity as Byzantium.

Features art, architecture and decorative arts, with color photographs

Features art, architecture and architectural ornamentation, with color photographs and floor plans

Explores different types of altarpiece, explaining and questioning their original purpose, position and function, as well as revealing how they were made.

Provides an introduction to Early Christian & Byzantine art and its cultural and historical context.

Features Christian art and architecture from the 3rd to 15th centuries

Highlights major monuments of medieval European architecture from late Roman architecture through the Gothic period.

Explores the many different, eclectic characteristics of the style, ranging from the ancient pilgrim routes of the Pyrenees through a vast range of devotional structures -churches, tombs, monuments, cathedrals and basilicas, each with its own regional imprint and spiritual iconography.

Covers Romanesque art and architecture throughout Europe, with color photographs and floor plans

Highlights Byzantine architecture, paintings, enamels, ceramics, and mosaics. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Offers an account of the social functions of the built environment in medieval monasticism, focusing in particular on the white order of the Languedoc in the 13th century. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Provides an overview of research into political, institutional, economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects of the Italian regions under Byzantine rule. Includes plans (labeled as "Maps"). Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Focuses on buildings in northern Italy, Switzerland, southern France and Catalonia, the regions where Romanesque architecture first appeared around 1000 AD. Integrates the study of medieval structure with an understanding of construction, decoration and articulation in an effort to determine the origins and originality of medieval architecture and the formation of the High Romanesque style, especially in Burgundy, at sites such as Cluny III. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

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Inspired by the literary category of biography and the methods of longue durée historians, the introduction and seventeen chapters of this volume provide an extended meditation on the longevity of medieval works of art and the aspect of time as a factor in shaping our interpretations of them. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Explores the artistic and cultural flowering of the last centuries of the Byzantine Empire and its enduring heritage. Full text available for free from the Met Museum.

Explores the art and culture of the Middle Byzantine era through the discussion of a remarkable number of works of the highest artistic and cultural standards. Full text available for free from the Met Museum.

Surveys the extraordinary quality and range of Armenian Christian art, including sculpture, metalwork, textiles, ceramics, wood carvings and illuminated manuscripts.