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  Early Christian and Byzantine Art (Art & Ideas) (Paperback) By (author) John Lowden

  

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  Short Description for Early Christian and Byzantine ArtAn account of early Christian and Byzantine art and the ideas that surrounded its manufacture and use throughout the Byzantine Empire from the third century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. The content centres on religious themes and uses churches, mosaics, manuscripts and Christian icons.
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  • Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
  • Published: 01 June 1997
  • Format: Paperback 448 pages
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  • Categories: Art History | Art History: Ancient & Classical BCE to c 500 CE | Art History: Byzantine & Medieval c 500 CE to c 1400 | Religious Subjects Depicted In Art
  • ISBN 13: 9780714831688 ISBN 10: 0714831689
  • Sales rank: 215,939

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Full description for Early Christian and Byzantine Art

• In the 320's AD the Emperor Constantine moved the capital of his Empire from Rome to Byzantium, which was renamed Constantinople, and until its fall in 1453 remained a major artistic centre. Under successive emperors and empresses for more than a thousand years, artists, archtects and craftsmen produced superb and intriguing works ranging fom the grandest public buildings to the smallest and most personal items. Today this art is generally termed early Christian and Byzantine. Working from the surviving material this work explains how and why early Christian and Byzantine art was made and used. The reader is taken on a journey of discovery as the ideas this art sought to express are considered.