The appreciation of early Christian and Byzantine Art as a sublime expression of religious thought and feeling is a comparatively modern phenomenon. Byzantine art is both static and dynamic: static in the sense that once an image was established it was felt that no improvement was necessary; dynamic in the sense that there was never one style and these styles or modes were constantly changing. The story is not only complex in its unravelling but ranges widely over various media: mosaic, wall painting and painted panels, sculpture in marble and ivory, manuscript illumination, gold, silver, and precious stones, jewellery, silk and rich vestments. This is an account by a medieval art-historian.

Early Christian and Byzantine Art (Hist of Art)

Arts & Photography

Beckwith, John

History & Criticism

Puffin

The appreciation of early Christian and Byzantine Art as a sublime expression of religious thought and feeling is a comparatively modern phenomenon. Byzantine art is both static and dynamic: static in the sense that once an image was established it was felt that no improvement was necessary; dynamic in the sense that there was never one style and these styles or modes were constantly changing. The story is not only complex in its unravelling but ranges widely over various media: mosaic, wall painting and painted panels, sculpture in marble and ivory, manuscript illumination, gold, silver, and precious stones, jewellery, silk and rich vestments. This is an account by a medieval art-historian.

Early Medieval Art

Thames&Hudson

Contemporary Canadian composers

MacMillan, Keith Campbell

Music

Oxford University Press

Ivory carvings are among the most beautiful achievements of medieval art. They reflect not only the deeply religious nature of the medieval world but also express the consummate skill and highly creative minds of those who carved them. The English craftsmen of the Early Middle Ages produced such renowned masterpieces as the Bury St Edmunds Cross and the Lewis Chessmen. John Beckwith provides a definitive study of English ivory carving from 700-1200 AD, which describes and illustrates over 160 carvings. He places the ivories in relation to contemporary illuminated manuscripts and enamel work. Through fascinating and lively portraits of some of the abbots and bishops who were the great patrons of their time, and in particular, Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester, he places the art form firmly within its historical and cultural context.

Ivory Carvings in Early Medieval England

Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Second Edition (The Yale University Press Pelican Histor)

Yale University Press

Beginning with the coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor of the West in A.D. 800, John Beckwith guides us through the architecture, painting, sculpture, illuminations and ivories of the three great periods of early medieval art. The Ottonian period, perhaps best known for the great center of art and craftsmanship attached to the court, presented an artistic style which had developed from early Christian and Carolingian sources--a style which was the gateway to the great artistic revival in the eleventh and twelfth centuries--the Romanesque period. 206 illus., 53 in color.

Early Medieval Art: Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque (World of Art)

The Art of Constantinople: An Introduction to Byzantine Art 330-1453

The Art of Constantinople: An Introduction to Byzantine Art 330-1453

Phaidon

The Art of Constantinople: An Introduction to Byzantine Art 330-1453 (Phaidon paperback)

Ivory carvings are among the most beautiful achievements of medieval art. They reflect not only the deeply religious nature of the medieval world but also express the consummate skill and highly creative minds of those who carved them. The English craftsmen of the Early Middle Ages produced such renowned masterpieces as the Bury St Edmunds Cross and the Lewis Chessmen. John Beckwith provides a definitive study of English ivory carving from 700-1200 AD, which describes and illustrates over 160 carvings. He places the ivories in relation to contemporary illuminated manuscripts and enamel work. Through fascinating and lively portraits of some of the abbots and bishops who were the great patrons of their time, and in particular, Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester, he places the art form firmly within its historical and cultural context.

Ivory carvings in early medieval England

History

NEW YORK GRAPHIC SOCIETY

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Early Christian and Byzantine Art (Hist of Art)

Early Christian and Byzantine Art (Hist of Art)

Early Medieval Art

Contemporary Canadian composers

Ivory Carvings in Early Medieval England

Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Second Edition (The Yale University Press Pelican Histor)

Early Medieval Art: Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque (World of Art)

The Art of Constantinople: An Introduction to Byzantine Art 330-1453

The Art of Constantinople: An Introduction to Byzantine Art 330-1453 (Phaidon paperback)

Ivory carvings in early medieval England