Snyder's Medieval Art

Describes the times in which the art was created as well as the issues of patronage, function, and ultimately, the public's reception of the art as it was produced. Providing a magnificent overview of medieval painting, sculpture, and architecture-in Italy, Byzantium, Germany, and France from the 4th to the 14th centuries-including Early Christian, Byzantine, Pre-Romanesque Hiberno-Saxon, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and Gothic art.