Byzantium and Islam
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Age of Transition
Edited by Helen C. Evans with Brandie Ratliff
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Format: ClothPrice: $65.00
This groundbreaking volume explores the epochal transformations and unexpected continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the ninth century. As the period opened, the Empire's southern provinces—the vibrant, diverse areas of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean—were at the crossroads of trade routes reaching from Spain to China. These regions experienced historic upheavals when their Christian and Jewish communities encountered the emerging Islamic world, and by the ninth century, an unprecedented cross-fertilization of cultures had taken place.
This extraordinary age is brought vividly to life by leading international scholars, their writings accompanied by sumptuous illustrations of the period's most notable arts and artifacts. Resplendent images of authority, religion, and trade—embodied in precious metals, brilliant textiles, fine ivories, elaborate mosaics, manuscripts, and icons, many of them never before published—highlight the dynamic dialogue between the rich array of Byzantine styles and the evolving Islamic aesthetic. With its masterful exploration of two centuries that would shape the emerging medieval world, Byzantium and Islam provides a revelatory interpretation of a period with profound ramifications for the modern era.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art(03/12/12-07/08/12)
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
The Metropolitan Museum of Art(03/12/12-07/08/12)
“This catalog is an outstanding introduction to the transition from late antiquity to Islam. It presents the views of a new generation of scholars, who have brought significant changes of perspective to our understanding of the period as a whole. Their alert scholarship ranges widely.”—Peter Brown, New York Review of Books
“[An] important exhibition book.”—The New York Times
“[The catalog is] a beautiful and quite sumptuous work of original scholarship.”—The New Criterion
Publication Date: April 24, 2012
Publishing Partner: Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Distributed by Yale University Press
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