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Loading... Style And Civilization: Byzantine (original 1975; edition 1990)by Steven Runciman (Author)
Work InformationByzantine Style and Civilization by Steven Runciman (1975)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This introduction to the arts of the Byzantine era is quite enjoyable, though it starts to sag a little around the second half. Still, Runciman more than meets the challenge of making interesting 1,000 years of art without relying on individual personalities. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Covers 11 centuries from the earliest non figurative art to the jewelled mosiacs that profoundly expressed a concept of light as the revelation of God's truth to the great church frescos icons and manuscripts defining the dieal of Byzantine art to increase the understanding of the divine beyond the limits of the humna mind. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)709.495Arts & recreation Arts History, geographic treatment, biography Europe Other Countries Greece and the Byzantine EmpireLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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