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Hardback. New. In the rapidly changing world of the early Middle Ages, depictions of the cosmos represented a consistent point of reference across the three dominant states-the Frankish, Byzantine, and Islamic Empires. As these empires diverged from their Greco-Roman roots between 700 and 1000 A.D. and established distinctive medieval artistic traditions, cosmic imagery created a web of visual continuity, though local meanings of these images varied greatly. Benjamin Anderson uses thrones, tables, mantles, frescoes, and manuscripts to show how cosmological motifs informed relationships between individuals, especially the ruling elite, and communities, demonstrating how domestic and global politics informed the production and reception of these depictions. The first book to consider such imagery across the dramatically diverse cultures of Western Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic Middle East, Cosmos and Community in Early Medieval Art illuminates the distinctions between the cosmological art of these…
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- Title Cosmos and Community in Early Medieval Art
- Author Benjamin Anderson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Hardback
- Pages 216
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yale University Press
- Date 2017
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780300219166 / 0300219164
- Weight 2.15 lbs (0.98 kg)
- Dimensions 10.2 x 8.2 x 0.8 in (25.91 x 20.83 x 2.03 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Library of Congress subjects Symbolism in art, Art, Medieval - Byzantine influences
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016933954
- Dewey Decimal Code 709.02
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