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Byzantine Art in the Collections of Soviet Museums
by Bank, Alice
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0810907267
- ISBN 13
- 9780810907263
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. / Aurora Art Publishers, 1978. Hardcover. VG/VG. Gray cloth, gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover; white & color illustrated dust jacket, illustrated flyleaves, 338 pp., 131 BW illustrations and 188 color illustrations, 2 fold-outs. Issued in plain tan cardboard slipcase. "Extraordinarily elegant, colorful, sensual, Byzantine art quickly lures the viewer into its world. This volume with illustrations in color, was produced in the Soviet Union, whose museums contain the most comprehensive collections of Byzantine art in the world. Among the treasures chosen for reproduction in this book are specimens of the art of painting, of sculpture, and of the minor arts: silver and bronzework, goldwork, jewelry and glyptics, wood- and ivory-carving, cloisonne enamels, textiles, embroidery, and ceramics." (dj) Introduction and notes on the plates by Alice Bank ; [translated from the Russian by Inna Sorokina ; photos. by Lydia Tarasova].
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 156391
- Title
- Byzantine Art in the Collections of Soviet Museums
- Author
- Bank, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG/VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0810907267
- ISBN 13
- 9780810907263
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams, Inc. / Aurora Art Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Middle Eastern Art ; Byzantine Art ; Soviet Museums ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Middle Eastern Art;
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