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Informationen zum Autor Janetta Rebold Benton is the Distinguished Professor of Art History at Pace University, NY. She is the recipient of two Fulbright Scholar Awards, to China in 2018 and Russia in 2012, and previously lived in Paris. Dr. Benton has presented subscription seminars at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, since 1988 and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, 1988-2011, and lectures elsewhere in the US, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Benton holds degrees from Harvard University, MDP diploma; Brown University, Ph.D.; George Washington University, MA; and Cornell University, BFA. How to Understand Art is her ninth book. Klappentext Informative, accessible, and imaginatively illustrated, Benton's new survey offers a lively exploration of the visual arts of the Middle Ages: its stained glass, mosaics, illuminated manuscripts, mural and panel paintings, ivories, metalwork, enamels, tapestries, sculpture, and, above all, its achievements in architecture. Vorwort An eloquent and informative survey of medieval art and architecture Zusammenfassung In spite of all the changes in our values and beliefs, the art of the Middle Ages still speaks to us across the centuries. Not only do the great cathedrals remain, many with their spectacular decorations and stained glass, but also a rich treasure trove of paintings, manuscript illuminations, tapestries, sculpture and jewelry. This study encompasses the whole period from Early Christian to late Gothic, the whole of Europe from Ireland to Byzantium, and the whole range of art and architecture. The connections between art and society are particularly stressed, as are the ways in which artistic techniques – such as those used in metalwork and textiles – determined what was produced. Comprehensive and accessible, as well as lavishly illustrated, this is the ideal introduction to a subject that is both visually exciting and profoundly significant to Western culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Early Christian and Byzantine Art 2. Art of the Early Middle Ages 3. Romanesque Art in Central France and Along the Pilgrimage Roads 4. Romanesque Art in Southern and Western France 5. Romanesque Art Outside France 6. Romanesque Sculpture! Decorative Arts and Manuscript Illumination 7. Early! Gothic Art in France 8. Late Gothic Art in France 9. Gothic Art Outside France 10. Gothic Sculpture! Decorative Arts! Manuscript Illumination and Painting 11. Art in Daily Life ...
