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Insights and Interpretations
Established in 1917, the Index of Christian Art, located at Princeton University, is now the largest archive of medieval art in existence and the most specialized resource for the iconographer. Throughout its eighty-five years, it has justly been recognized as one of the most learned institutions for the study of the art and culture of the medieval world. The essays in this book, all by staff or scholars of the archive, highlight some of the current research in the archive and the scholarship for which it has been widely renowned. The studies cover art from the Late Antique period to the end of the fifteenth century and include most of the media represented in the archive, from manuscripts t...
At Home in Art
A collection of 39 essays by a number of scholars edited by Dr Charlene Vella celebrating the outstanding career of Professor Mario Buhagiar, a leading scholar of art and history in Malta. The book is introduced by President Emeritus Dr Ugo Mifsud Bonnici. The book is in English, but includes also some papers in Italian and French. It is divided into four sections: Section 1 - From Medieval to Baroque: archaeology, history, painting, and architecture; Section 2 - Design and Decoration: fashion, manuscripts, precious metals, and wood; Section 3 - Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Revivalism, and the Modern; and Section 4 - Interpreting the arts, society, and documentation. A collection of 39 essays divided into four sections: Section 1 - From Medieval to Baroque: archaeology, history, painting, and architecture; Section 2 - Design and Decoration: fashion, manuscripts, precious metals, and wood; Section 3 - Neo-Classicism, Romanticism, Revivalism, and the Modern; and Section 4 - Interpreting the arts, society, and documentation.
The Journal of Medieval Military History
Ten papers, on campaigns, biographies, military hardware, fortifications and interpreting medieval records. The second issue of this new undertaking broadens its geographical and practical range, widening its focus to draw in the amateur specialist in addition to military historians: the study of the origins of the crossbow industry inEngland is a case in point. Other papers include studies of campaigns (Henry II in Wales and Henry of Lancaster in France), articles on weaponry and Spanish fortifications in the Mediterranean, a brief life of the mercenary Armengol VI of Urgel, and case studies of the interpretation of chronicles in reconstructing battles and military action. Taken together, the articles reinforce the centrality of fighting and warfare in the middle ages, adding valuabledetail to an understanding of medieval society. Contributors: DAVID S. BACHRACH, ROBERT J. BURNS, KELLY DEVRIES, JOHN B. GILLINGHAM, JOHN HOSLER, DONALD KAGAY, BERNARD F. REILLY, CLIFFORD J. ROGERS, THERESA M. VANN, J.F.VERBRUGGEN.
Writing on the Wall
What ancient graffiti reveals about the everyday lives of Jews in the Greek and Roman world Few direct clues exist to the everyday lives and beliefs of ordinary Jews in antiquity. Prevailing perspectives on ancient Jewish life have been shaped largely by the voices of intellectual and social elites, preserved in the writings of Philo and Josephus and the rabbinic texts of the Mishnah and Talmud. Commissioned art, architecture, and formal inscriptions displayed on tombs and synagogues equally reflect the sensibilities of their influential patrons. The perspectives and sentiments of nonelite Jews, by contrast, have mostly disappeared from the historical record. Focusing on these forgotten Jews...
Religious Regimes and State Formation
This book intends to systematically overcome the received practice of treating religion and politics as wholly separate and independent domains. It studies power and meaning in their "antagonistic interdependencies" rather than approaching religion purely as a realm of meaning without reference to issues of power, or dealing with politics as the province of power without raising questions of meaning. Religion and politics are thus seen in relation to one another, and attention is focused on the disputes about how political and religious regimes should be formed. Religious Regimes and State Formation will convince the reader that god and politics have much in common and offers surprising new perspectives on old problems.
Archaeology of the Mediterranean during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Varied approaches to an overlooked time period in the history and archaeology of the Mediterranean This book presents multidisciplinary perspectives on Greece, Corsica, Malta, and Sicily from the fourth to the thirteenth centuries, an often-overlooked time in the history of the central Mediterranean. The research approaches and areas of specialization collected here range from material culture to landscape settlement patterns, from epigraphy to architecture and architectural decoration, and from funerary archaeology to urban fabric and cityscapes. Topics covered in these chapters include late Roman villas; the formation of Byzantine and Islamic settlements in western Sicily; reuse of protohi...
REVIVALS. RECONSIDERING THE PAST IN THE DECORATIVE ARTS AND DESIGN.
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the ICDAD - International Committee for Museums and Collections of Decorative Arts and Design. Online, 21-23 October 2021. Publisher: ICOM - International Council of Museums.
Shaping Identities in a Holy Land
In the 88 years between its establishment by the victorious armies of the First Crusade and its collapse following the disastrous defeat at Hattin, the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem was the site of vibrant artistic and architectural activity. As the crusaders rebuilt some of Christendom's most sacred churches, or embellished others with murals and mosaics, a unique and highly original art was created. Focusing on the sculptural, mosaic, and mural cycles adorning some of the most important shrines in the Kingdom (such as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, The Basilica of the Annunciation, and the Church of the Nativity), this book offers a broad perspective of Crusader art and architecture. Among...
The Order's Early Legacy in Malta
This documentation, discussion and illustration of a collection of works of art dispersed in churches, museums and other historical buildings in Malta has been designed to illustrate the Order's early legacy in Malta.
