Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages is a panoramic survey that focuses on the arts of medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamicate world. From majestic monuments to exquisite tableware, Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen, and Linda Safran deftly guide readers over twelve centuries of art and architecture created by the diverse peoples and religious groups of western Eurasia and North Africa.

This textbook, intended for a wide range of courses in the history of medieval art and architecture, uniquely features:
? More than 450 color illustrations of fascinating works produced between ca. 250 CE and ca. 1450 CE
? Coverage of secular and religious arts, including polytheistic, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions
? Informational text boxes on key issues and a glossary of terms
? Diverse cultures interwoven in a single chronological framework
? Five broad interpretive themes?artistic production, status and identity, connection to the past, ideology, and access to the sacred

Complemented by a website (artofthemiddleages.com) with additional works, dynamic maps and timelines, podcasts, new primary-source translations, and more, Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages brilliantly expands and recalibrates the story of medieval art history.

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Adam Cohen has taught at the University of Texas–Austin and the University of California–Berkeley, and has worked in the Department of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

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Linda Safran is Associate Professor of Art History in the department of Greek and Latin at The Catholic University of America. She is the author of San Pietro at Otranto: Byzantine Art in South Italy (1992).

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• Short-listed, Best Book in Medieval Art

The juxtaposition of objects and buildings offers striking comparisons that will surprise even specialists of medieval art and architecture. It is unlikely that a better survey text of this particular type will be produced in the next twenty years.

Burlington Magazine

We must thank the three authors for not being afraid to confront the difficulties of such an ambitious project. It will undoubtedly prove extremely useful to students of art history and history, as well as to teachers who wish to have a reference tool at their disposal.

Revue de l'art

Beautifully and profusely illustrated with full color images throughout, Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages is a fascinating and informative tour through the creative arts of Europe's 'Middle Ages"[.]

Midwest Book Review