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Early medieval art, 300-1150 : sources and documents / Caecilia Davis-Weyer.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Medieval Academy reprints for teaching ; 17.Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press in association with the Medieval Academy of America, [1986]Copyright date: ©1986Description: x, 182 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780802066282
  • 0802066283
Subject(s):
Contents:
Early Christian attacks on idols and images -- The Christian empire -- Imperial foundations -- Early Christian iconography -- Luxury and elegance: Pope Hilary's oratories at the Lateran Baptistry -- Ascetic and theological opposition -- Europe under barbarian rule -- The proper use of images -- Italy under the Ostrogoths -- Pre-Carolingian Gaul -- Ireland and England -- The Carolingian renaissance -- Carolingian palaces -- Two monasteries -- The Carolingian controversy about religious art -- Early Romanesque -- England -- The Empire -- Burgundy -- High Romanesque -- New churches and their chroniclers -- Pilgrims and travelers -- Art and theology -- Artists and patrons.
Summary: "An anthology of medieval texts on art. It includes descriptions of lost monuments, theoretical and technical texts which reveal intentions of artists and patrons, liturgical texts which describe the use of medieval artifacts, and other texts which reflect the tastes of the literate public. First published in 1971." -- Provided by publisher.

Originally published: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, 1971 in the series Sources and documents in the history of art edited by H.W Janson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Early Christian attacks on idols and images -- The Christian empire -- Imperial foundations -- Early Christian iconography -- Luxury and elegance: Pope Hilary's oratories at the Lateran Baptistry -- Ascetic and theological opposition -- Europe under barbarian rule -- The proper use of images -- Italy under the Ostrogoths -- Pre-Carolingian Gaul -- Ireland and England -- The Carolingian renaissance -- Carolingian palaces -- Two monasteries -- The Carolingian controversy about religious art -- Early Romanesque -- England -- The Empire -- Burgundy -- High Romanesque -- New churches and their chroniclers -- Pilgrims and travelers -- Art and theology -- Artists and patrons.

"An anthology of medieval texts on art. It includes descriptions of lost monuments, theoretical and technical texts which reveal intentions of artists and patrons, liturgical texts which describe the use of medieval artifacts, and other texts which reflect the tastes of the literate public. First published in 1971." -- Provided by publisher.