A “how-to” painting book by a medieval artist--who looked upon his work as craft rather than art.

A beautiful and informative survey on a thousand-year-long remarkable civilization--and its art.

A good work on the period from ancient Rome until the High Middle Ages. This period was long overlooked by scholars.

Find out when, how and why the architectural developments of the medieval castle, the cloister, the church spire (and more) all came to be.

Explore the wild and creative imagination of the medieval mindset--as visually articulated in medieval manuscripts.

Explore the sumptuous beauty of the exquisite art developed in the Byzantine world, from the reign of Justinian to the fall of Constantinople.

A solid introduction to the Byzantine era that will prepare readers well for a deeper investigation into this period.

Written in around 1260, the depictions of the lives of the saints presented in this work provided the subject matter for centuries of religious art that would follow. The Golden Legend was the most widely read book, after the Bible, during the late Middle Ages. A must-read for anyone interested in liturgical art and/or the medieval through Baroque eras.