Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World

Eva R. Hoffman is Associate Professor and Faculty Coordinator for World Art Surveys at Tufts University.

"This volume brings together with much intelligence key essays from across the fields of Ancient, Late Antique, Early Christian, Byzantine, Medieval, and Islamic art and architecture." (David Roxburgh, Harvard University)"This is a very useful volume of important papers by scholars working on all the different cultures that surrounded the Mediterranean from Late Antiquity on, and juxtaposes them to shed light on their complex interactions and interdependence." (Tony Eastmond, University of Courtauld)

• List of Contributors. List of Illustrations.Series Editor’s Preface.Editor’s Acknowledgments.Acknowledgments to Sources.Introduction: Remapping the Art of the Mediterranean.Part I: Late Antiquity: Converging Cultures, Competing Traditions. Pagan, Jewish, Christian, and Sasanian Art.1. The Changing Nature of Roman Art and the Art-Historical Problem of Style: Jás Elsner.2. Good and Bad Images from the Synagogue of Dura Europos: Contexts, Subtexts, Intertexts: Annabel Jane Wharton.3. Exotic Taste: The Lure of Sasanian Persia: Anna Gonosová.4. Dionysiac Motifs: Richard Ettinghausen.Part II: Continuities: Tradition and Formation of Cultural Identities.5. The Good Life: Henry Maguire.6. Hellenism and Islam: G. W. Bowersock.7. The Draped Universe of Islam: Lisa Golombek.Part III: Image and Word: Early Medieval, Byzantine, and Islamic Art.8. The Beginnings of Biblical Illustration: John Lowden.9 Sacred Image, Sacred Power: Gary Vikan.10. The Umayyad Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem: Oleg Grabar.11. The Image of the Word: Notes on the Religious Iconography of Islam: Erica.Cruikshank Dodd.12. Islam, Iconoclasm, and the Declaration of Doctrine: G. R. D. King.Part IV: Local Syncretistic Traditions: Jews, Muslims, and Christians.13. Hebrew Book Illumination in the Fatimid Era: Rachel Milstein.14. An Icon at Mt. Sinai and Christian Painting in Muslim Egypt during the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: Robert S. Nelson.Part V: Luxury Arts and the Representation of the Court.15. The Cup of San Marco and the “Classical” in Byzantium: Ioli Kalavrezou.16. Images of the Court: Henry Maguire.17. But Is It Art?: Robin Cormack.Part VI: Expanding Boundaries: Spain, Sicily, Venice, and Beyond.18. Pathways of Portability: Islamic and Christian Interchange from the Tenth to the Twelfth Century: Eva R. Hoffman.19. Islam, Christianity, and the Problem of Religious Art: Jerrilyn D. Dodds.20. The Medieval Object-Enigma, and the Problem of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo: William Tronzo.21. Venice and Islam in the Middle Ages: Some Observations on the Question of Architectural Influence: Deborah Howard.Index