Earliest Christian art - Saints and holy places - Holy images - Artistic production for the wealthy - Icons & iconography.

In the rapidly changing world of the early Middle Ages, depictions of the cosmos represented a consistent point of reference across the three dominant states--t

Originally published by Prentice-Hall, 1971.

This up-to-date, reliable introductory account and interpretation of early medieval art combines art, history, and ideas from around 600 to 1050. Diebold descri