{"product_id":"byzantium-faith-and-power-12611557-9780300102789","title":"Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the last centuries of the \"Empire of the Romans \" Byzantine artists created exceptional secular and religious works that had an enduring influence on art and culture. In later years  Eastern Christian centers of power emulated and transformed Byzantine artistic styles  the Islamic world adapted motifs drawn from Byzantiums imperial past  and the development of the Renaissance from Italy to the Lowlands was deeply affected by Byzantine artistic and intellectual practices. This spectacular book presents hundreds of objects in all media from the late thirteenth through mid-sixteenth centuries. Featured in full-color reproductions are sacred icons  luxuriously embroidered silk textiles  richly gilded metalwork  miniature icons of glass  precious metals and gemstone  and elaborately decorated manuscripts. In the accompanying text  renowned scholars discuss the art and investigate the cultural and historical interaction between these major cultures-the Christian and Islamic East and the Latin West. Continuing the story of the critically acclaimed The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era  A.D. 843-1261  this book-the first to focus exclusively on the last centuries of the Byzantine era-is a highly anticipated publication that will not be superceded for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279744983093,"sku":"ByrdShop_030010278X","price":112.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300102789.jpg?v=1780608724","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/byzantium-faith-and-power-12611557-9780300102789","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}