Medieval Art Second Edition
This beautifully produced survey of over a thousand years of Western art and architecture introduces the reader to a vast period of history ranging from ancient Rome to the age of exploration. The monumental arts and the diverse minor arts of the Middle Ages are presented here within the social, religious, and political frameworks of lands as varied as France and Denmark, Spain and Turkey. Marilyn Stokstad also teaches her reader how to look at medieval art-which aspects of architecture, sculpture, or painting are important and for what reasons. Stylistic and iconographic issues and themes are thoroughly addressed with attention paid to aesthetic and social contexts.
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Medieval Art Second Edition
This beautifully produced survey of over a thousand years of Western art and architecture introduces the reader to a vast period of history ranging from ancient Rome to the age of exploration. The monumental arts and the diverse minor arts of the Middle Ages are presented here within the social, religious, and political frameworks of lands as varied as France and Denmark, Spain and Turkey. Marilyn Stokstad also teaches her reader how to look at medieval art-which aspects of architecture, sculpture, or painting are important and for what reasons. Stylistic and iconographic issues and themes are thoroughly addressed with attention paid to aesthetic and social contexts.
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Medieval Art Second Edition

Medieval Art Second Edition

by Marilyn Stokstad
Medieval Art Second Edition

Medieval Art Second Edition

by Marilyn Stokstad

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This beautifully produced survey of over a thousand years of Western art and architecture introduces the reader to a vast period of history ranging from ancient Rome to the age of exploration. The monumental arts and the diverse minor arts of the Middle Ages are presented here within the social, religious, and political frameworks of lands as varied as France and Denmark, Spain and Turkey. Marilyn Stokstad also teaches her reader how to look at medieval art-which aspects of architecture, sculpture, or painting are important and for what reasons. Stylistic and iconographic issues and themes are thoroughly addressed with attention paid to aesthetic and social contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780367157197
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/30/2022
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 432
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface xi

1 An Introduction to Medieval Art 1

The True Cross 1

BOX: The Idea of the Middle Ages 3

Christianity and the Early Christian Church 3

BOX: The Christian Story and Liturgical Cycles 4

Traditional Roman Art 6

BOX: From idealism and Realism to Abstraction 8

Official Art Under Constantine 9

Constantine and the Christians 10

Theodosius and Official Art in the Later Fourth Century 11

2 The Early Christian Period 13

Jewish and Christian Art Before Constantine 14

Christian Art in the Age of Constantine 21

BOX: Types and Typology 22

Architecture 23

BOX: The Christian Basilica: Sta. Sabina 24

The Fifth Century 32

BOX: Galla Placidia 33

Rome in the Fifth Century 34

Fifth-Century Architecture and Decoration Outside Rome 38

BOX: Ezekiel and St. John 40

3 The Early Byzantine Period The First Golden Age 45

Architecture 48

BOX: The Dome 51

BOX: Neoplatonism and the Aesthetics of Light 54

Byzantine Mosaics 58

BOX: Monasticism 65

Jewish Mosaics 65

Ivories and Manuscripts 67

Icons and Iconoclasm 72

4 Early Medieval Art in the West 75

A Brief History 78

BOX: Barbarian Imagery 78

The Art of the Goths and Langobards 79

BOX: Visigothic Scholar 80

The Art of the Merovingian Franks 82

The Art of the Vendels and Vikings 86

BOX: Viking Westward Exploration 88

Art in the British Isles 89

BOX: Anglo-Saxon Riddles 92

5 Carolingian Art 101

BOX: The Value of Art 103

Carolingian Architecture 103

Carolingian Painting and Sculpture 109

Later Carolingian Art 114

BOX: How to Make Ink 119

BOX: Monks, Canons, and Lay Abbots 120

6 Rivals from the East Byzantine and Islamic Art 127

The Middle Byzantine Period, 867-1204 129

The Middle Byzantine Church 133

BOX: The Hierarchy of Angels 137

Byzantine Art Outside the Empire 139

Byzantine Art in the West 140

The Byzantine Contribution to the Art of the West 141

Islamic Art 143

Architecture 144

The Decorative Arts 146

The Norman Kingdom in Sicily: A Unique Case Study 148

BOX: A Royal Palace 153

BOX: The Imperial Ideal: Early Medieval Reactions to Ancient Rome 154

7 Art at the Millennium The Imperial Tradition Continues 155

Asturian and Mozarabic Art in Spain 157

Mozarabic Art in Northern Spain 158

BOX: Mozarabic and Mudejar Art 158

The Lombard-Catalan Style in Italy, France, and Catalonia (Catalunya) 161

BOX: Masonry Construction 163

The Congregation of Cluny 166

The Art of Scandinavia and the British Isles 168

BOX: Timber Construction Techniques 169

BOX: Anglo-Saxon Painting 172

The Art of the Ottoman Empire 173

Ottonian Church Treasures 180

Ottonian Architecture and Bronze Sculpture 182

BOX: Bronze Casting 187

8 Romanesque Art 191

BOX: The European Economy in the Twelfih Century 192

Secular Architecture 193

The Empire and the Papacy 194

Catalonia (Catalunya) 201

The "Pilgrimage Style" in Languedoc and Northern Spain 202

BOX: Romanesque Aesthetics 204

Burgundy 208

The Cistercians 216

BOX: Cistercian Building 218

Western France (Aquitaine) 219

Normandy and England 222

BOX: On the Diverse Arts 225

9 Origins of Gothic Art The "Year 1200" Style 227

The First Gothic Churches 229

BOX: The Term "Gothic," 229

BOX: How We Refer to Cathedrals 233

Stained Glass 234

Early Gothic Sculpture 236

BOX: How to Make a Stained-Glass Window 237

The New Gothic Cathedrals 240

BOX: Flying Buttresses 244

English Gothic Art 247

Books for Women 250

Art of the "Year 1200," 251

The Spread of Early Gothic Art 256

10 Mature Gothic Art 259

The Cathedral of Chartres 261

The Architecture of Cathedrals 264

BOX: The Seven-Spire Church 274

Architectural Sculpture 275

BOX: Villard de Honnecourt 283

BOX: Roman de la Rose (Romance of the Rose) 284

Gothic Art in England 285

Gothic Art in the Empire: Germany and Italy 290

BOX: Franciscans and Dominicans 295

The Art of the French Court and the Rayonnant Style 296

Approaches to Gothic Art 300

BOX: The Royal Ideal: The Gothic Reaction to the Romanesque 302

11 Rayonnant Gothic and its Reverberations 303

The Later Rayonnant Style 304

BOX: Guillaume de Machaut 307

England and the Decorated Style 310

BOX: The Elaboration of the Ribbed Vault 312

BOX: Mabel of Bury St. Edmonds 318

Gothic Art in German Lands 319

The Synagogue 322

Catalonia (Catalunya) 324

Gothic Art in Italy 325

Fourteenth-Century Italian Painting 329

The Character of Gothic Art 334

12 Late Gothic Art 335

The End of the Middle Ages 352

Timeline: Europe in the Middle Ages 355

Glossary 365

Selected Readings 379

Photo Credits 389

Index 395

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