Crusader art
Subtitle: the art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land, 1099-1291
By: Jaroslav Folda.
Publisher: Lund Humphries
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780853319955
Subjects: Crusader art.; Christian art and symbolism -- Latin Orient -- Medieval, 500-1500.
Description: Explores the full range of art commissioned by the Crusaders in the Holy Land from 1099-1291. Includes manuscript illumination, frescoes, mosaics, icon painting, sculpture, metalwork.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Why have an illustrated book on Crusader art?"; title: "What is Crusader art?"; title: Phase one of Crusader art; title: The Christian Holy sites and the Crusader states in Syria-Palestine, 1099-1187; title: Phase two of Crusader art; title: Crusader art in new locations and changed circumstances, 1187-1250; title: Phase three of Crusader art; title: The climax of Crusader painting, 1250-1291; title: Crusader art and its impact on the West.