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-the Frankish, Byzantine, and Islamic
Empires. As these empires diverged from their Greco-Roman roots
between 700 and 1000 A.D. and established distinctive medieval
artistic traditions, cosmic imagery created a web of visual
continuity, though local meanings of these images varied greatly.
Benjamin Anderson uses thrones, tables, mantles, frescoes, and
manuscripts to show how cosmological motifs informed relationships
between individuals, especially the ruling elite, and communities,
demonstrating how domestic and global politics informed the
production and reception of these depictions. The first book to
consider such imagery across the dramatically diverse cultures of
Western Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamic Middle East, Cosmos and
Community in Early Medieval Art illuminates the distinctions
between the cosmological art of these three cultural spheres, and
reasserts the centrality of astronomical imagery to the study of
art history.
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