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Byzantine art and architecture

Cormack, Robin. Byzantine Art. Oxford University Press, 2000. Solid introductory text.

Evans, Helen C., and William D. Wixom, eds. The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261. Abrams, 1997. Illustrated catalogue of a major international exhibition.

Lowden, John. Early Christian & Byzantine Art. Phaidon, 1997. Comprehensive illustrated survey.

Maguire, Henry. The Icons of Their Bodies. Princeton University Press, 1996, 2000. Capable study of saints' images in Byzantine art.

Mathews, Thomas F. Byzantium: From Antiquity to the Renaissance. Abrams, 1998. Beautifully illustrated overview by a leading scholar in the field.

Ousterhout, Robert G. Master Builders of Byzantium. Princeton University Press, 1999. A major study that examines Byzantine architecture from the perspective of its builders.

Rodley, Lyn. Byzantine Art and Architecture: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press, 1994. Concise introduction to the subject; includes a survey of recent scholarship.

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