Caroline Bruzelius, the leading American expert on the subject, offers "Medieval Naples, A documentary history, 400-1400. art history: Naples in the High & Late Middle Ages." This is the first comprehensive review of the city's architecture, art and urban development in the high and late Middle Ages in English since the author's "The Stones of Naples." It brings up to date and nuances many of the findings and themes of that volume. Clearly and concisely written, it is an ideal introductory survey for the scholar, student and general reader. It forms Chapter 11 of the ongoing publication of Medieval Naples, A documentary history, 400-1400, edited by Bruzelius, Eileen Gardiner, Ronald G. Musto and William Tronzo. This interactive e-book is fully searchable and can be navigated with the standard Adobe Acrobat interface page by page, through an interactive table of contents or via bookmarks. It offers dozens of illustrations: maps, plans, elevations, drawings, color and black & white photos that can be viewed at any number of screen resolutions. The work provides hyperlinks to web-based photo galleries of all the major monuments, to many documents cited in the text, and a complete - and free - downloadable bibliography for medieval Naples. 38 figures in color and black & white, 70 pages.
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Author: Bruzelius, Caroline
Publisher: Italica Press, Inc.
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Medieval Naples: Art History: Naples in the High and Late Middle Ages
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2009-11-02
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781599101552
Category: History : Europe - Italy
Category: Architecture : History - Medieval
Category: Art : History - Medieval