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286 pages 22 cm For the people of Byzantium, their architectural works, frescoes, mosaics, ivories, chalices, bejeweled gospel covers and many other opulent works of art were the material proof of their greatness and power over the Mediterranean states.The vast range of these riches is illustrated in this complete account of Byzantine art from the reign of Justinian to the fall of Constantinople.David Talbot Rice, one of the greatest authorities on Byzantine art, traveled as far afield as the rock churches of Cappadocia and Cilicia, the tufa monuments of Armenia and Georgia, and the thirteenth-century ceramic factories of Bulgaria, now buried in the alluvial mud of the Danube. His book is a masterly survey of an art of magnificence and power that belonged to a great and sophisticated society Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268) The East Christian world before Islam. -- The art of Constantinople 550-1204. -- The Eastern world from the seventh century. -- Sicily and Venice. -- The Slavonic art of the Balkans. -- The revival under the Palaeologue emperors

Author

Rice, David Talbot, 1903-1972

Publisher

Thames And Hudson

Published

1963

Language

EN

ISBN

9780500180211

Rating

3.69 / 5 (41 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14