In this new publication, C. Edson Armi examines the innovative artistry of Cluny’s surviving transept, exploring its refined design within a rich artistic context. Blending archaeology, architecture, and sculpture, Armi uncovers diverse influences, analyses aesthetics and function, and provides inclusive photography to capture the monument’s power and nuance.
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New Publication: ‘The Visual Culture of al-Andalus in the Christian Kingdoms of Iberia’, edited by Inés Monteira
This new book addresses the reception of Islamic visual culture by the northern Iberian kingdoms, by systematically comparing works of art from both sides and fleshing out their historical context.
New Publication: ‘The Ponte Vecchio: Architecture, Politics, and Civic Identity in Late Medieval Florence’ by Theresa Flanigan
Drawing upon new documentary research, this is the first in-depth modern scholarly study of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence.
New Publication: ‘Zoomorphic Incense Burners of Medieval Khurasan: A study of Islamic metalwork’ by Elizabeth C. Kelly
This new book examines the role, function and meaning of medieval zoomorphic incense burners.
New Publication: ‘Secret Spaces: Sacred Treasuries in England 1066–1320’, by Lesley Milner
Discover this new book ‘Secret Spaces: Sacred Treasuries in England 1066–1320’ by Lesley Milner, which explores the architectural and cultural significance of medieval treasure houses.
New Publication ‘Les Saintes-Chapelles du XIIIe au XVIIIe siècle: Arts – Politique – Religion’, edited by Etienne Anheim and David Fiala
From the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, founded by Saint Louis in the mid-13th century and abolished in 1787, to the Sainte-Chapelles ranging from Bourges to Dijon or Chambéry, forming a network of sacredness for the princes of the House of France, this book traces the political, religious, and artistic history of a crucial imaginary institution for the Kingdom of France.
New Publication: ‘Crusader Rhetoric and the Infancy Cycles on Medieval Baptismal Fonts in the Baltic Region’ by Harriet M. Sonne De Torrens
Explore the intertwining of crusader ideology with the liturgy in this new book, which offers an unprecedented look into how twelfth-and-thirteenth-century art reflects political ambitions and religious narratives.
New Publication: ‘Illuminating the Vitae patrum: The Lives of Desert Saints in Fourteenth-Century Italy’, by Denva Gallant
Explore ‘Illuminating the Vitae patrum’ by Denva Gallant, a new book that reveals how 14th-century Italians embraced the Desert Fathers, as seen in the Morgan Library’s illustrated MS M.636.
New publication: ‘Giants in the Medieval City’, by Assaf Pinkus
This new book explores the role and function of the vision and the experience of the gigantic north of the Alps between the 14th and 16th centuries.
New Publication: ‘The Routledge Handbook of Byzantine Visual Culture in the Danube Regions, 1300-1600’, Edited By Maria Alessia Rossi and Alice Isabella Sullivan
The Routledge Handbook of Byzantine Visual Culture in the Danube Regions, 1300–1600 brings to light the interconnectedness of this broad geographical area too often either studied in parts or neglected altogether, emphasising its shared history and heritage of the regions of modern Greece, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Czechia.
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