Crusader Art in the Holy Land, from the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre [With CDROM] Tapa dura - 2005

Cambridge: 2005. 714pp with 11 colour plates and 415 monochrome illustrations + CD Rom. Cloth 31x24cms. ISBN: 0521835836. Story of the architecture and the Figural Art produced by the Crusaders after the battle of Hattin and the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, during the 100 years that Acre was the capital of the Latin Kingdom 1191-1291. Text in English.

Cambridge University Press, 2005-06-30. Hardcover. Good. 2.0500 12.2000 9.5300.

Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 714 pp.: illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm. Contents; Reflections on the historiography of the art of the Crusaders in the thirteenth century -- Part 1: 1187-1244 -- Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem and the aftermath: The art of the Crusaders, 1187-1192 -- The establishment of acre as the capital of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem following the Third Crusade: The art of the Crusaders, 1192-1210 -- The Crusader states in the time of King John of Brienne and the Fifth Crusade: The art of the Crusaders, 1210-1225 -- The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem: 1225-1244 -- Part 2: 1244-1291 -- Turmoil in the Holy Land: 1244-1268 -- Acre and the art of the Crusaders: The final years, 1268-1289 -- The fall of Acre in 1291 and the end… Leer más

Cambridge Univ Pr, 2005. Oversize Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. XL. Book is in excellent condition in black cloth with gilt print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind; as new. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 714 pages, heavily illustrated with b&w photos, some color prints, maps, architectural drawings, coins, relics, iconography, etc. Over 400 illustrations This book tells the story of the Architecture and the Figural Art produced for the Crusaders after the battle of Hattin and the fall of Jerusalem in 1187, during the one hundred years that Acre was the capital of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1191 -- 1291. It is an art sponsored by kings and queens, patriarchs and bishops, clergy, monks, friars, knights and soldiers, aristocrats and merchants, all men and women of means, who came as pilgrims, Crusaders, settlers, and men of commerce to the Holy… Leer más