<p>From the austere spirituality of a ninth-century Byzantine icon of the Virgin to the exalted frivolity of a fourteenth-century French table fountain, this book gives new coherence to the Cleveland Museum of Art's impressive collection of more than 1,000 years of European culture. All of the objects have been freshly photographed and the latest scholarship has been applied to the commentaries and text.</p>

Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures

Arts & Photography

Brilliant, Virginia

Klein, Holger A.

Fliegel, Stephen

Decorative Arts & Design

Distribution General

<p>Associated with strength, bravery, and loyalty, arms and armor have long been decorated with great skill and care, thereby becoming artistic creations in their own right. Beautifully photographed, the Cleveland Museum of Art’s superb collection of arms and armor appears here along with works of art from each period that illustrate their use. Chapters include discussions of chivalry and the tournament, manufacture and decoration, and weapons as technology and art.</p>

Arms & Armor

History & Criticism

A Sacred Landmarks monograph With absorbing prose and detailed images, Stephen Fliegel unlocks the secrets of these sacred objects and portrays medieval Christian believers as souls kindred to us―humans striving in their own time to discern and preserve religious meaning and decorum. Fliegel provides a rich, understanding of the allegorical images that helped the church to communicate to the faithful through visual narrative and also provides a rich, textured understanding of sacred art and architecture. Distributed for Cleveland State University, Center for Sacred Landmarks

Sacred Meaning in the Christian Art of the Middle Ages (Sacred Landmarks)

Architecture

The Kent State University Press

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