Medieval Art
2nd Edition
Avalon Publishing · Print & ebook · February 6, 2004
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.
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- Who it’s for
- Explore medieval art from the second to fifteenth centuries through its social, religious, and political contexts.
- Genres
- Medieval Art History, Medieval Architecture, Medieval History
- Published
- Avalon Publishing, February 6, 2004
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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.
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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. Significantly updated, this second edition of Medieval Art spans the period from the second to the fifteenth centuries and includes over 4000 illustrations, over 100 in color, detailed maps, a time-line, glossary, bibliography, and index-all in a larger 8 by 10 inch trim size.
Medieval Art in Context
Explore medieval art from the second to fifteenth centuries through its social, religious, and political contexts.
Come here for
- How architecture, sculpture, and painting work in their contexts
- Medieval arts across France, Denmark, Spain, and Turkey
Expect
- Stylistic and iconographic themes with aesthetic and social contexts
- Detailed maps, a time-line, glossary, bibliography, and index
Where it sits
| Medieval Art History | 92% |
|---|---|
| Medieval History | 72% |
| Medieval Architecture | 51% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Art
- Art Criticism & Ideas
- Medieval Art History
- Authors
- Marilyn Stokstad
- Publisher
- Avalon Publishing
- Published
- February 6, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Art