Cosmos and Community in Early Medieval Art

Klappentext "In the rapidly changing world of the early Middle Ages! depictions of the cosmos represented a consistent point of reference across the three dominant states-the Frankish! Byzantine! and Islamic Empires. As these empires diverged from their Greco-Roman roots between 700 and 1000 A.D. and established distinctive medieval artistic traditions! cosmic imagery created a web of visual continuity! though local meanings of these images varied greatly. Benjamin Anderson uses thrones! tables! mantles! frescoes! and manuscripts to show how cosmological motifs informed relationships between individuals! especially the ruling elite! and communities! demonstrating how domestic and global politics informed the production and reception of these depictions. The first book to consider such imagery across the dramatically diverse cultures of Western Europe! Byzantium! and the Islamic Middle East! [it] illuminates the distinctions between the cosmological art of these three cultural spheres! and reasserts the centrality of astronomical imagery to the study of art history."--Jacket flap.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Anderson, Anderson Benjamin
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9780300219166
• ISBN: 978-0-300-21916-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; European History, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Europe / Western, ART / European, ART / Middle Eastern, Middle East, CE period up to c 1500, History of Art, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Middle Eastern history, Western Europe, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Western Continental Europe, Medieval style, ART / History / European / Medieval