Research Catalog

Title

Early medieval art / Lawrence Nees.

Author

Nees, Lawrence

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Details

Description

272 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

“The first millennium CE saw a rich and distinctive artistic tradition form in Europe. While books had long been central to the Christian religious tradition, education, and culture, they now became an important artistic medium, sometimes decorated with brilliant colours and precious metals. Lawrence Nees explores issues of artist patronage, craftsmanship, holy men and women, monasteries, courts, and the expressive and educational roles of artistic creation. He presents early Christian art within the late Roman tradition and the arts of the newly established kingdoms of northern Europe not as opposites, but as different aspects of a larger historical situation. This approach reveals the onset of an exciting new visual relationship between the church and the populace throughout medieval Europe, restoring a previously marginalized subject to a central place in our artistic and cultural heritage.”--Back cover.

Series Statement

Oxford history of art

Uniform Title

Oxford history of art

Subject

Art, Medieval

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-253) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. The Roman Language of Art -- Ch. 2. Earliest Christian Art -- Ch. 3. Conversion -- Ch. 4. Art for Aristocrats -- Ch. 5. Endings and Beginnings -- Ch. 6. Craftsmanship and Artistry -- Ch. 7. Saints and Holy Places -- Ch. 8. Holy Images -- Ch. 9. Word and Image -- Ch. 10. Art at Court -- Ch. 11. Expressive and Didactic Images -- Ch. 12. Towards a New Age.

ISBN

0192842439

LCCN

^^2002510289

OCLC

• 48753854
• SCSB-11012079

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library