Byzantine art and archaeology /

Dalton, O. M., 1866-1945.

Byzantine art and archaeology / O. M. Dalton. - New York : Dover Publications, [1961]. - 727 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical footnotes and indexes. Includes "Authorities" index : p. 725-727.

Chapter I. Introductory : General Considerations -- Chapter II. Introductory : Geographical Considerations : The Balkan Peninsula -- Greece -- The Islands -- Russia -- The East-Christian World : Anatolia -- Syria and Palestine -- Armenia -- The East -- Egypt -- Abyssinia -- North Afrika -- The Western World -- Italy -- Sicily -- Dalmatia -- France -- Spain -- Germany -- The British Isles -- Chapter III. Sculpture -- Introductory Remarks -- Sculpture Now Destroyed -- Free Sculpture -- Sarcophagi -- Figure Reliefs Other then those of Sarcophagi -- Ornamental Sculpture -- Capitals -- Chapte IV. Sculpture -- Carvings in Ivory and Steatite -- Chapter V. Painting -- Introductory Remarks -- Mural Paintings and Panels -- Chapter VI. Painting -- Mosaics in Italy and the Adriatic -- Mosaics in the Christian East -- Mosaic Pavements -- Miniature Mosaics -- Chapter VII. Painting -- Illuminated Manuschripts -- Chapter VIII. Enamel -- Introductory Remarks -- Examples Preserved in Various Countries -- Chapter IX. Goldsmith's Work and Jewellery -- Silver Plate -- Chapter X. Textşles -- Introductory Remarks -- Tapestry -- Silk -- Subjects Upon Silk Fabrics -- Embrodery -- Fabrics with Printed Designs, and Other Stuffs -- Influence of Textiles on the Arts -- Chapter XI. Various : Pottery and Glass -- Metal-work -- Weights -- Coins -- Seals -- Engraved Gems, etc. -- Chapter XII. Iconography : Composition and Scenes -- Representations of Individual Figures -- Symbols, etc. -- Chapter XIII. Ornaments : Motives adopted from Hellenistic Sources -- Oriental Motives -- Naturalistic Forms -- Geometrical Ornament.


Byzantine Empire.
Christian art and symbolism.
Christian antiquities.
Art, Byzantine.--History.
Byzantine antiquities.
Christian antiquities.

N6250 / D35 [1961]