00000nam a22000008i 4500 20260913094700.0 260919s2018 ii 00 0 eng d 9789388121118 N7302.K86 2018 709.54 23 Tarun Kumar Medieval Art and Culture / Tarun Kumar. New Delhi 2018. 240 pages The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at times the Middle East and North Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, genres, revivals, the artists crafts, and the artists themselves. Art historians attempt to classify medieval art into major periods and styles, often with some difficulty. A generally accepted scheme includes the later phases of Early Christian art, Migration Period art, Byzantine art, Insular art, Pre-Romanesque, Romanesque art, and Gothic art, as well as many other periods within these central styles. In addition each region, mostly during the period in the process of becoming nations or cultures, had its own distinct artistic style, such as Anglo-Saxon art or Norse art. Medieval art was produced in many media, and the works that remain in large numbers include sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, stained glass, metalwork and mosaics, all of which have had a higher survival rate than other media such as fresco wall-paintings, work in precious metals or textiles, including tapestry. Especially in the early part of the period, works in the so-called “minor arts” or decorative arts, such as metalwork, ivory carving, enamel and embroidery using precious metals, were probably more highly valued than paintings or monumental sculpture. This important book is an effort to introduces medieval civilization, focusing on how society, religion, and advances in technology affected art and architecture in the World during this time period. This book will be indispensable reading for everyone interested in medieval art and culture. Art, Medieval—India. Architecture, Medieval—India. Art, Indic. Sufism—India—History. India—Civilization. ART / History / Medieval bisacsh