Loverance, Rowena. Byzantium.LOVERANCE, Rowena. Byzantium. (3rd edition.) Harvard Univ. Press. 96p. illus. bibliog. index. c2004. 0-674-01389-1. $17.95. JSA JSA - Japanese Standards Association. For the reader who desires an introduction to Byzantium, this book is highly recommended. Indeed, this third edition, with its substantial textual revisions, still retains the lovely glossy photographs of previous editions and is particularly attractive for anyone seeking a first glimpse First Glimpse is a monthly consumer electronics magazine published by Sandhills Publishing Company in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. The magazine was known as CE Lifestyles before a name change in early 2006. of Byzantine history and civilization. The book has the further advantage of displaying numerous objects of Byzantine art Byzantine art Art associated with the Byzantine Empire. Its characteristic styles were first codified in the 6th century and persisted with remarkable homogeneity until the capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. from the British Museum British Museum, the national repository in London for treasures in science and art. Located in the Bloomsbury section of the city, it has departments of antiquities, prints and drawings, coins and medals, and ethnography. , where Dr. Loverance, an expert on Byzantine civilization, works in the Education and Information Department. The text, which introduces the reader to the history of Byzantium, is divided into seven chapters: The Creation of Byzantium, The Achievements of Justinian, Persians and Other Barbarians, Islam and Iconoclasm iconoclasm (īkŏn`ōklăzəm) [Gr.,=image breaking], opposition to the religious use of images. Veneration of pictures and statues symbolizing sacred figures, Christian doctrine, and biblical events was an early feature of Christian , The Recovery of Nerve, The Revenge of the West, and The Last Flowering. There is a brief bibliography for readers who wish to continue their exploration of Byzantium. The photographs that accompany the text are representative of Byzantium's magnificent artistic legacy. This is a book that intends to grab the attention of the curious reader who wants to know more about this world civilization that straddled East and West in the Middle Ages. J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. Prof. John Rosser, Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing , Chestnut Hill, MA |
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