| Early Christian & Byzantine Art: A&i Contributor(s): Lowden, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0714831689 ISBN-13: 9780714831688 Publisher: Phaidon Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1997 Annotation: John Lowden provides an authoritative account of early Christian and Byzantine art from the third century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. From the grandest public buildings to the smallest personal items, it was and is an art of extraordinary directness, but also of mystery and transcendence. John Lowden explains how and why early Christian and Byzantine art was made and used and situates it within the controversies of its time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Medieval - Art | History - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 709.02 |
| LCCN: 97217302 |
| Series: Art & Ideas |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.40 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An authoritative account of early Christian and Byzantine art. |