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This beautifully produced survey of over a thousand years of Western art and architecture introduces the reader to a vast period of history ranging from ancient Rome to the age of exploration. The monumental arts and the diverse minor arts of the Middle Ages are presented here within the social, religious, and political frameworks of lands as varied as France and Denmark, Spain and Turkey. Marilyn Stokstad also teaches her reader how to look at medieval art-which aspects of architecture, sculpture, or painting are important and for what reasons. Stylistic and iconographic issues and themes are thoroughly addressed with attention paid to aesthetic and social contexts.
List of contents
Art in the First Centuries of the Christian EraThe Art of the Triumphant Christian ChurchThe Golden Age of ByzantiumBarbarian ArtCarolingian ArtArt Outside the Carolingian EmpireThe Imperial Tradition: Ottonian and Romanesque Art in the Holy Roman EmpireRomanesque Art in Western EuropeThe Origins of the Gothic StyleHigh Gothic Art in FranceNational Style in Gothic ArtLate Gothic Art
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Marilyn Stokstad
Summary
This beautifully produced survey of over a thousand years of Western art and architecture introduces the reader to a vast period of history ranging from ancient Rome to the age of exploration.
