History of Art

Hymnus und Verehrung im Wort.

Dichter und Dichtung in der Byzantinischen Kunst

17 x 24 cm, 252 p., 54 Tafeln, hardback
129.00 €
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Dr. Anastasia Limberger (*1990 in München) studierte Klassische Archäologie, Orthodoxe Theologie und Philosophie an der LMU München. 2024 wurde sie im Fach Byzantinische Kunstgeschichte mit der Arbeit „‚Hymnus und Verehrung im Wort‘. Dichter und Dichtung in der Byzantinischen Kunst“ promoviert, …

Mitteilungen zur Spätantiken Archäologie und Byzantinischen Kunstgeschichte

The Spoliated Past: Heritage, Antiquarianism, and Byzantine Material Culture Across Time and Space

17 x 24 cm, 242 p., paperback / softback
59.00 €
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The articles in this volume seek to shed new light on frequently overlooked archaisms and acts of spoliation. This book is about ideas, style, and material objects, their reuse and repurposing in the Eastern Roman Empire and after its end …

Herausgegeben von Felicitas Reusch für die Kunstarche Wiesbaden e. V.

Wiesbaden eine Kapitale der Kalligrafie

Friedrich Poppl, Werner Schneider, Gottfried Pott

22 x 28.4 cm, 184 p., hardback
29.00 €
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This book presents the life's work of Friedrich Poppl, Werner Schneider and Gottfried Pott, the three Wiesbaden lettering artists whose exhibitions and workshops were recognised overseas as ‘the Wiesbaden School’. The book shows the gesture of their ingenious handwriting and …

Des Kaisers neue Bücher

Mittelalterliche Handschriften der Bamberger Kaiser-Heinrich-Bibliothek in 50 Porträts

21 x 29.7 cm, 196 p., hardback
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Die Staatsbibliothek Bamberg bewahrt als ihr kostbarstes Erbe die frühmittelalterlichen Handschriften, die als Stiftungen Kaiser Heinrichs II. (973–1024) bei der Bistumsgründung nach Bamberg gelangten. Aus Anlass des 1000. Todestags des Kaisers werden 50 ausgewählte Codices, also etwa ein Drittel des …

Paradigmen und Perspektiven einer Mediävistischen Komparatistik

Freiburger Colloquium 2021

17 x 24 cm, 272 p., cloth
98.00 €
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The publication presents the results of the interdisciplinary Freiburg Colloquium 2021 (Université de Fribourg, Switzerland) "Paradigms and Perspectives of Comparative Medieval Studies". The contributions explore the theoretical and methodological premises of historically orientated comparative research that focuses on the specific …

Der gesprengte Kreis

Max Beckmanns Schüler zwischen Realismus und Abstraktion

17 x 24 cm, 204 p., hardback
39.90 €
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Much like Max Beckmann, his master students faced defamation, marginalization, and persecution at the hands of the Nazis. A significant portion of their work was lost or destroyed during World War II, leaving little to rediscover. Furthermore, during the Cold …

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Vol. 9. Spaces and Frontiers of Islamic Art and Archaeology

17 x 24 cm, 168 p., hardback
79.00 €
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The concepts of frontier, boundary, and border, and consequently of spaces and regions they delimit, have left a persistent mark on the perception of geography, whether expounded in
premodern Muslim textual sources, or by modern geostrategists. The ten essays in this …

Gesammelt und bearbeitet von Harald Drös

Die Inschriften des Landkreises Schwäbisch Hall II

Altkreis Schwäbisch Hall und Limpurger Land

19 x 27 cm, 2028 p., 295 Tafeln, with dust jacket
220.00 €
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In 1518 catalog articles, the volume contains the inscriptions of the old district of Schwäbisch Hall and the north-eastern part of the former district of Backnang from the Staufer period to 1650. There are also ten supplements to the inscriptions …

By Beat Brenk, with contributions by Herbert Kessler and Andreas Kronz

The Mosaics of Roger II in Sicily

Visualizing Sacred Authority

21 x 29.7 cm, 184 p., hardback
98.00 €
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The ideas for this book emerged in direct eye contact with the mosaics on the scaffolds of the Cappella Palatina and the Martorana in Palermo and the Cathedral of Cefalù. With their mosaic programs, the three buildings embody unprecedented new …