Art of the medieval world : architecture, sculpture, painting, the sacred arts by Zarnecki, George

Table of Contents: “…Early places of worship and pre-Constantinian art -- Constantine the Great and the art of the Fourth Century -- Art in the East and West until the Eighth Century -- Art of the "Dark Ages": Lombard and Pre-Carolingian art in Italy ; Visigothic art in Spain ; Merovingian art ; Early Irish and Anglo-Saxon art -- The Carolingian Renaissance -- Middle Byzantine art; Armenian and Georgian art -- Ottonian art -- "First Romanesque" and Mozarabic art -- Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking art -- Romanesque art: Early Romanesque art in France and Spain ; Romanesque art in Burgundy ; Romanesque art in central and south Italy ; Romanesque art in north Italy ; Later Romanesque art in southeast and west France ; Romanesque art in Normandy ; German Romanesque art ; Roman art in Scandinavia and Central Europe ; Romanesque art in the crusading kingdom -- Late Byzantine art -- Gothic art: Early and high Gothic architecture ; "Transitional" style in sculpture, metalwork, and painting ; Rayannant architecture ; Towns and castles ; Gothic sculptures of the Thirteenth Century ; Court style in France and England -- Later Gothic art -- Chronological chart ; Glossary.…”


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Christian church art through the ages. by McClinton, Katharine Morrison

Table of Contents: “…The beginnings : sepulchral art ; Constantine : triumphal art -- The golden age of byzantine art -- The glory of romanesque -- Gothic church art -- Art and architecture of the renaissance -- Roman Catholic baroque art -- Art of the protestant reformation -- Nineteentch century Christian art -- Contemporary church art.…”


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Byzantium: an introduction.

Table of Contents: “…D. 1204-1453, by J. Gill.--Byzantine art and architecture, by P. Whitting.…”


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Encyclopedia of visual art. General editor, Sir Lawrence Gowing

Table of Contents: “…V.1: Paleolithic art-Etruscan art,V.2:Roman art-Early Christian art,V.3:Byzantine art-Ottonian art,V.4:Romanesque art-Romanticism,V.5:Realism-South Aftrican art,V.6,Alvar Aalto-Paul Durand-Ruel, V.7,Albrecht Durer-Jan Lievensz,V.8, Limburg brothers-Francisco Ribalta, V.9,Jusepe Ribera- Francisco de Zurbaran, glossary,V.10,Special studies, compar- ative studies, media studies, museums and galleries of the world, index.…”


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Ancient civilisations of Anatolia and historical treasures of Turkey by Akşit, İlhan

Table of Contents: “…Prehistoric period -- The Hattis -- The Assyrian trade colonies -- The Hittites -- The early Hittite state -- Life under the Hittites -- Boğazköy -- Yazilikaya -- Alacahöyük -- Hittite rock monuments -- The Hieroglyphic Hittite principalities -- The Urartians -- The Phygians -- Lydia -- Art of the Hellenistic and Roman period -- Troy -- Pergamon -- Ephesos -- Aphrodisias -- Heirapolis -- Priene -- Miletus -- Didyma -- Halicarnassus -- Xanthos -- Side -- Perge -- Aspendos -- Nemrut -- Byzantine art -- Haghia Sophia -- Chora -- Cappadocia.…”


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The Jaharis Gospel Lectionary : the story of a Byzantine book by Lowden, John

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Meta to Vyzantio : the survival of Byzantine sacred art

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Early medieval times by Malam, John, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Western Europe in 500 -- The spread of Christianity -- The Eastern Roman Empire -- Byzantine art and culture -- The Mediterranean world -- The Anglo-Saxons -- The Franks -- Charlemagne, Emperor of the West -- Everyday life -- The birth and rise of Islam -- The spread of Islam -- Weapons and warfare -- Raiders from the North -- The Vikings overseas -- The birth of Russia -- Eastern Europe -- The Holy Roman Empire and the Church -- The Islamic world -- Society in the first millennium -- Upheaval in the medieval world.…”


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Frontier on the Potomac, by Daniels, Jonathan, 1902-1981

Table of Contents: “…-- The press stands up -- "The saloon, the salon and the salome" -- Security in compartments -- Byzantine art -- Homesick house -- U.s.s. pinafore -- Hybrid corn -- Frontier on the potomac…”


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The history of Western art by Christensen, Erwin O. (Erwin Ottomar), 1890-1976

Table of Contents: “…Prehistoric art in Europe -- Egyptian art -- Ancient near Eastern art -- Greek art -- Etrusean and Roman art -- Early Christian and Byzantine art: 100 A.D.-1453 A.D. -- Early Medieval and Romanesque art: 100 B.C.-1150 A.D. -- Gothic art: 1150-1400 -- Renaissance art: 1400-1600 -- Baroque and Rocco art: 1600-1800 -- Modern art in Europe: 1800-1950 -- Art in the United States: 1700-1958.…”


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The Basilica of St. Mark in Venice

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Art in Venice

Table of Contents: “…The beginnings of a legend : from Byzantine art to Romanesque / Alessia Devitini -- Enchanted Gothic tracery : the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries / Alessia Devitini -- Renaissance dawn : the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries / Stefano Zuffi -- Renaissance splendor : the sixteenth century / Stefano Zuffi -- Baroque light and shadow : the seventeenth century / Stefano Zuffi -- The last century of the Serenissima : the eighteenth century / Stefano Zuffi -- The modern age : the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Francesca Castria.…”


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Representations of the Blessed Virgin Mary in world literature and art

Table of Contents: “…Shabliy -- The flesh of Mary and the body of Christ : typological and artistic depictions of the Marian priest / Karen O'Donnell -- Comparative study of the image of the black Madonnas of Spain, Poland, and Mexico / Anna Hamling -- Fighting for the spotlight : Mary in Byzantine art and literature / Paul A. Brazinski -- Sing the praise of Mary : mariology in medieval Latin hymns / Jim Casey -- The Christian Bodhisttva in China : sinicization of the Virgin Mary in Chinese literature / Dong Zhao -- The mother of sorrows as Hibakusha / Gwyn McClelland.…”


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The road to Byzantium : luxury arts of antiquity

Table of Contents: “…The road to Byzantium / Robin Cormack -- The beauty of the human body in Ancient Greek vase-painting / Anna Petrakova -- Greco-Scythian antiques : a history of excavation in Southern Russia / Andrei Alekseyev -- Classicism in the Roman portrait : the ages of Augustus and Hadrian / Anna Trofimova -- The classical heritage in Byzantine art / Vera Zalesskaya -- Silver in changing contexts / Marlia Mundell Mango -- Classicism and Paideia in early Byzantine silver from the Hermitage / Ruth Leader-Newby --Ancient classicism in retrospect / Antony Eastmond and Peter Stewart.…”


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The arts and man, by Stites, Raymond S. (Raymond Somers)

Table of Contents: “…Principles and elements of art structure discovered in nature -- Arts in the hunting age -- The arts of agricultural man -- The religious art of Egypt -- The art of power in western Asia -- The formative influence in Greek art -- Greek art : social, political, and philosophical backgrounds -- The triumph of the attic style, I -- The triumph of the attic style, II -- Art under the Romans -- Early Christian and Byzantine art -- The art of crusading peoples -- The Gothic style in north and south -- The arts of Asia : east and west -- The Renaissance -- The Baroque styles and the rise of the classical academies -- Romanticism in the nineteenth century -- The art of the twentieth cnetury -- The art of the Americans -- Chart of interdependence of cultural styles.…”


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Byzantium, 330-1453

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Gardner's art through the ages. by Gardner, Helen, 1878-1946

Table of Contents: “…The ancient world -- The birth of art -- The ancient Near East -- The art of Egypt -- The art of the Aegean -- The art of Greece -- Etruscan and Roman art -- Early Christian and Byzantine art -- pt. 2. The middle ages -- Early Medieval art -- Romanesque art -- Gothic art -- pt. 3. …”


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Byzantium: an introduction.

Table of Contents: “…. -- Second encounter with the West, A.D. 1204-1453 / Joseph Gill. -- Byzantine art and architecture / Philip Whitting.…”


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The world of ornament : Die Welt der Ornamente = L' univers de l'ornament : complete coloured reprint of = Vollständinger kolorieter Nachdruck von = réimpression complète en col... by Racinet, A. (Auguste), 1825-1893, Dupont-Auberville, A.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Primitive Art -- Egyptian Art -- Syrian Art -- Greek Art -- Etruscan Art -- Greco-Roman Art -- Late Antiquity -- Chinese Art -- Japanese Art -- Indian Art -- Indo-Persian Art -- Persian Art -- Arab Art -- Moorish Art -- Ottoman Art -- Celtic Art -- Byzantine Art -- Russian Art -- Armenian Art -- 1st-8th Centuries -- The Middle Ages -- Renaissance -- 16th Century -- 16th-18th Centuries -- 17th Century -- 18th Century -- 19th Century -- Appendix.…”


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A basic history of art by Janson, H. W. (Horst Woldemar), 1913-1982

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