Studies in Late Antique, Byzantine and Medieval Western Art, Volume 2: Studies in Medieval Western Art and the Art of Norman Sicily

by Ernst Kitzinger

This, the second of two volumes containing all of Professor Kitzinger's essays on late antique and medieval art, painting and mosaics, is accompanied by a new preface and a comprehensive index. Divided into three sections, Anglo-Saxon, the Medieval West and Norman Sicily, the Anglo-Saxon section includes papers on the Sutton Hoo finds, the coffin-reliquary of Saint Cuthbert and form and function in Insular art. The Medieval West section Römische Malerei vom Beginn des 7 bis zur Mitte des 8 Jahrhunderts; The Gregorian reform and the visual arts; The Virgin's face; The arts as aspects of a renaissance. The most substantial section is on Norman Sicily.

613 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2003

About the author

Ernst Kitzinger (December 27, 1912 – January 22, 2003) was a German-American historian of late antique, early medieval, and Byzantine art.