Author: Annabel Jane Wharton
Publisher: Penn State University Press
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Between the ninth and twelfth centuries the Byzantine Empire encompassed a wide geographical territory extending from South Italy to Armenia, from the Danube to Cyprus. From the capital of the Empire, Constantinople, the all-powerful, God-elected emperor exercised autocratic control over the periphery. These structures of centralization stood in tension with the decentralizing force of local interests in the provinces. This present volume offers a comparative study of the form and patronage of surviving buildings and their painted decoration in four very different provinces-- Cappadocia, Cyprus, Macedonia, and South Italy--as a means of assessing the nature of Byzantine provincial art. All too often art historians have simplistically labeled high quality works in the provinces "metropolitan" and those of lesser aesthetic interests "provincial." The study establishes that a context in the hinterlands of the Empire affected the making of all provincial buildings--great and small. Local traditions and distinct patterns of patronage left their mark on even the most cosmopolitan structures. At the same time, the relative receptivity of the provinces to metropolitan artistic conventions indicates the ideological power of those conventions. Monumental works constructed in the provinces consistently served to reinforce Constantinopolitan hegemony. The reciprocity of these actions in the art of the Empire calls into question the facile equation of "provincial" with poor quality, derivativeness, and artistic insignificance. Most of the great fresco programs and buildings of the Byzantine Empire survive not in its capital, Constantinople, but in its provinces. Art of Empire is the only study to date which treats both the painting and architecture of these monuments comparatively within their geographical and social context. Though not a survey of provincial monuments, the book makes accessible to a broader audience a compendium of little-known and underappreciated works of great aesthetic and historical value.
The Art Journal
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Vol. for 1867 includes Illustrated catalogue of the Paris Universal Exhibition.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Vol. for 1867 includes Illustrated catalogue of the Paris Universal Exhibition.
Art in Provincial France : Letters Written, During the Summer of 1882, to the Manchester Guardian
Author: J. Comyns Carr
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385300045
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385300045
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Translation of the Provincial and Municipal Laws of Puerto Rico
Arts and Crafts of Indus Civilization (provincial Art)
Author: Choodamani Nandagopal
Publisher:
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Category : Art, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The art journal London
Sessional Papers
Author: Ontario. Legislative Assembly
Publisher:
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Category : Ontario
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ontario
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
The Rise of English Provincial Art
Translation of the municipal and provincial laws in force in the island of Cuba
Author: Cuba
Publisher:
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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Careers for Our Sons
Author: Dorothy Winifred Hughes
Publisher:
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Category : Occupations
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Occupations
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Second Report of the Royal Commissioners on Technical Instruction: General report
Author: Great Britain. Royal Commission on Technical Instruction
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description