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BL
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581089
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b410308
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| Main Entry
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Snyder, James,1928-1990.
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| Title & Author
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Medieval art : : painting-sculpture-architecture, 4th-14th century /\ James Snyder.
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| Publication Statement
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Englewood Cliffs, N.J. :: Prentice-Hall ;New York :: H.N. Abrams,, 1989.
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511 p. :: ill. ;; 30 cm.
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| ISBN
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0135734940
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: 9780135734940
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: 0131833499
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: 9780131833494
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Bibliography: p. [487]-493.
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| Contents
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Part 1 : the beginnings of Christian art. Peace and refreshment in life after death -- Constantine and the early Christian basilicas -- Ecclesia, basilica civitas Dei-the decoration of the early church -- Churches in other capitals and in centres in the East -- The narrative mode-the illustrated book and other picture cycles.
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Part 2 : Byzantium. Constantinople in the age of Justinian -- Thessaloniki, Ravenna, and Mount Sinai -- Icons and Iconoclasm -- The second golden age of Byzantine Art -- Byzantine art in Italy.
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Part 3 : The early Middle Ages in the North. The North -- Ireland and England -- Charlemagne : renovatio imperii Romani -- Diffusion and diversity in the tenth century.
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Part 4 : Romanesque Art. The triumph of Latin Christendom -- The pilgrimage roads and regional styles -- Cluny and Burgundy -- Western and Southern France -- Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries-a return to the golden age -- Western Germany.
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Part 5 : The meaning of Gothic. Gothic art in France -- Opus Francigenum abroad -- Gothic painting and related arts in France -- Italy in the Later Middle Ages.
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| Abstract
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Text and the accompanying illustrations offer an overview of Medieval art and life.
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| Subject
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Art, Medieval.
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| Subject
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Christian art and symbolism-- Medieval, 500-1500.
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| LC Classification
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N5975.S58 1989
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