Early Medieval Art (Oxford History of Art) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lawrence Nees
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 396166
Media: Paperback
Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0192842439
Dewey Decimal Number: 709.02
EAN: 9780192842435
ASIN: 0192842439
Publication Date: July 18, 2002
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In the first millennium, a rich and distinctive artistic tradition emerged in Europe. Early Medieval Art explores this tradition and tracks its development from c. 300 AD through c. 1000 AD, revealing forms of artistic expression ranging from brilliant illuminated manuscripts to decorative chairs, rich embroidery, and precious metalwork. Nees explores issues of artist patronage, craftsmanship, holy men and women, monasteries, secular courts, and the expressive and educational roles of artistic creation. Instead of treating early Christian art in the late Roman tradition and the arts of the newly established kingdoms of northern Europe as opposites, he adopts a more holistic view, treating them as different aspects of a larger historical situation. This approach reveals the onset of an exciting new visual relationship between the church and the populace throughout medieval Europe. Moreover, it restores a previously marginalized subject to a central status in our artistic and cultural heritage.
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Very Intelligent Man June 24, 2006
K. Heaney
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I also had Prof Nees for an undergrad course on Early Medieval Art at UD, and he's the most ridiculously brilliant man I've had in three years here. I had this book as a text, and it is thorough and very informative. Definitely a good source for medieval art.
Prof. Nees is the MAN! October 21, 2005
R. G. Rohrbaugh (Pittsburgh, PA)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I took an undergraduate class with Larry Nees at the University of Delaware, and I have yet to meet anyone who does not think he is one of the most coherent, intelligent, and fascinating art historians out there. You can't go wrong here!
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