Calvin Lane explores the intersection between reform movements and everyday Christian practice from c.1000 to c.1800. Pr......more
Luis de Morales, known as El Divino because of his intensely religious subject matter, is the most significant and recog......more
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From the visual and textual art of Anglo-Saxon England onwards, images held a surprising power in the Western Christian ......more
The assassination of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 is one of the most famous events in Europ......more
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This book examines the visualization of personified death. It analyzes all preserved examples of macabre iconography in ......more
Arnolfini Portrait Planner 2021 (Jan van Eyck) Schedule Each Appointment and Stay Organized in 2021! Would you like to: ......more
Often imitated but never equaled, Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) left an indelible impression on Renaissance art and paved ......more
Only an accurate investigation of the iconographic apparatuses of the symbols which are present in the myriad of Wall St......more
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Shajar al-Durr--known as "Tree of Pearls"--began her remarkable career as a child slave, given as property to the Ayyubi......more
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For those within the fields of art history and Byzantine studies, Professor Henry Maguire needs no introduction. His pub......more
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Die Verk ndigungsbasilika in Nazareth geh rt zu den ber hmtesten Loca Sancta im Heiligen Land und ist seit Jahrtausenden......more
Mater Misericordiae--Mother of Mercy--emerged as one of the most prolific subjects in central Italian art from the late ......more
Books of Hours are probably the most famous of all medieval illuminated manuscripts. Presented here are 12 Books of Hour......more
These works of museum quality, from an anonymous collection (one of the most important currently in private hands), were......more
In the 1470s, one of the most innovative artists working in Bruges illuminated a Book of Hours for Jean Carpentin, lord ......more
Most people today think of the Middle Ages as a time when cloistered monks wrote and read only in now-obscure languages.......more
In 1966 Mark Gambier Parry bequeathed to the Courtauld Gallery the art collection formed by his grandfather Thomas Gambi......more
This book argues that the impressive range of belongings that can be connected to Duchess Matilda Plantagenet--textiles,......more
This book addresses the critical terminologies of place and space (and their role within medieval studies) in a consider......more
Art and History: Texts, Contexts and Visual Representations in Ancient and Early Medieval India seeks to locate the hist......more
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Framing the Church takes a nontraditional approach to the study of the hallmark of French Gothic architecture: the buttr......more
Although objects associated with the Passion and suffering of Christ are among the most important and sacred relics vene......more
Ambiguous Women in Medieval Art brings together the work of seven researchers who, coming from different perspectives, a......more
An introduction to the beautiful history of tapestries and how they were made, from medieval times to the modern day. Ta......more
Studies on the reception of the classical tradition are an indispensable part of classical studies. Understanding the im......more
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The studies included in this volume supplement the work already published by the author on the imperial cult in the Roma......more
In the first full-length study of Judith of Flanders (c. 1032-1094), Mary Dockray-Miller provides a narrative of Judith ......more
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Die napoleonische Flurbereinigung zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts zerstörte vor allem im deutschen Südwesten eine bereits......more
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The heart is an iconic symbol in the medieval and early modern European world. In addition to being a physical organ, it......more
From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of yellow from antiquity to the present In this ric......more
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Pushed to the height of its illusionistic powers during the first centuries of the Roman Empire, sculpture was largely a......more
This study focuses on four different iconographical forms that appeared in Rome during the eighth and ninth centuries. T......more
This volume, the second catalog of the Wyvern Collection, celebrates an outstanding group of medieval ivory carvings and......more
The Ghent Altarpiece or the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by the Van Eyck brothers (1432), is recognised worldwide as a ......more
The Contemporary Medieval in Practice looks at early medieval British culture, often termed Anglo-Saxon Studies (c. 500-......more
The Contemporary Medieval in Practice looks at early medieval British culture, often termed Anglo-Saxon Studies (c. 500-......more
Cats were illustrated in medieval manuscripts throughout the Middle Ages, often in exquisite detail and frequently accom......more
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Across the nine thematic chapters of Experiencing Medieval Art, renowned art historian Herbert L. Kessler considers func......more
Although liminality has been studied by scholars of medieval and seventeenth-century art, the role of the threshold moti......more
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The heyday of silent film soon became quaint with the arrival of "talkies." As early as 1929, critics and historians w......more
Viking and Slavic Ornamental Design volume 2, increases the demand for the graphic collection. Historic re-enactors and......more
This book explores a series of powerful artifacts associated with King Solomon via legendary or extracanonical textual s......more
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This study reconstructs twelfth-century sculptural and architectural finds, found during the restoration of the Perpendi......more
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A celebration of the visual contributions of the bestiary--one of the most popular types of illuminated books during the......more