Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts, Asian
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Catalogue of Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures ... which Will be Sold by Auction by Sotheby & Co
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts, Asian
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Sultan Ibrahim Mirza's Haft Awrang
Author: Marianna Shreve SimpsonPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300068026
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Simpson explores the production, purpose and meaning of the Haft awrang (Seven Thrones), providing historical documentation about its princely patron and artists, and analysing its contents. She focuses in particular on the iconography of the seven poems.
National Union Catalog
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Byzantium
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588391132
Category : Art, Byzantine
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
The fall of the Byzantine capital of Constantinople to the Latin West in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade abruptly interrupted nearly nine hundred years of artistic and cultural traditions. In 1261, however, the Byzantine general Michael VIII Palaiologos triumphantly re-entered Constantinople and reclaimed the seat of the empire, initiating a resurgence of art and culture that would continue for nearly three hundred years, not only in the waning empire itself but also among rival Eastern Christian nations eager to assume its legacy. Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261–1557), and the groundbreaking exhibition that it accompanies, explores the artistic and cultural flowering of the last centuries of the "Empire of the Romans" and its enduring heritage. Conceived as the third of a trio of exhibitions dedicated to a fuller understanding of the art of the Byzantine Empire, whose influence spanned more than a millennium, "Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261–1557)" follows the 1997 landmark presentation of "The Glory of Byzantium," which focused on the art and culture of the Middle Byzantine era—the Second Golden Age of the Byzantine Empire (843–1261). In the late 1970s, "The Age of Spirituality" explored the early centuries of Byzantium's history. The present concluding segment explores the exceptional artistic accomplishments of an era too often considered in terms of political decline. Magnificent works—from splendid frescoes, textiles, gilded metalwork, and mosaics to elaborately decorated manuscripts and liturgical objects—testify to the artistic and intellectual vigor of the Late and Post-Byzantine era. In addition, forty magnificent icons from the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, join others from leading international institutions in a splendid gathering of these powerful religious images. While the political strength of the empire weakened, the creativity and learning of Byzantium spread father than ever before. The exceptional works of secular and religious art produced by Late Byzantine artists were emulated and transformed by other Eastern Christian centers of power, among them Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Cilician Armenia. The Islamic world adapted motifs drawn from Byzantium's imperial past, as Christian minorities in the Muslin East continued Byzantine customs. From Italy to the Lowlands, Byzantium's artistic and intellectual practices deeply influenced the development of the Renaissance, while, in turn, Byzantium's own traditions reflected the empire's connections with the Latin West. Fine examples of these interrelationships are illustrated by important panel paintings, ceramics, and illuminated manuscripts, among other objects. In 1557 the "Empire of the Romans," as its citizens knew it, which had fallen to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, was renamed Byzantium by the German scholar Hieronymus Wolf. The cultural and historical interaction and mutual influence of these major cultures—the Latin West and the Christian and Islamic East—during this fascinating period are investigated in this publication by a renowned group of international scholars in seventeen major essays and catalogue discussions of more than 350 exhibited objects.
The National Union Catalogs, 1963-
Author: India
Author: Stuart Cary WelchPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0030061148
Category : Art, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
A selection of 333 works of art representing masterpieces of the sacred and court traditions as well as their urban, folk, and tribal heritage.
The National union catalog, 1968-1972
Author: The Illustration of an Epic
Author: Marianna Shreve SimpsonPublisher: Garland Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870991116
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Realms of Heroism
Author: Brooklyn MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Illustrations: Numerous b/w and colour illustrations and 1 map Description: This volume is an important contribution to the scholarship in the field of Indian art collections. It covers Pre-Mughal Painting - Mughal Painting - Deccani Painting - Rajasthani Painting - Punjab Hills - Other Schools. Number of illustrations in B&W and colour, condition like new.Paperback Used Book