Byzantium :  from antiquity to the Renaissance / 
Thomas F. Mathews. 
 - New York :  Abrams,  1998 
 - 176 p. :  ill. (some col.), maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Map: The Byzantine Empire -- Map: Early Byzantine and Medieval Constantinople -- 1. The Imperial City of Constantinople. Constantine's City. The Classical Heritage of the City. Justinian's City. The Period of Crisis. Medieval Constantinople. The Decline of Constantinople -- 2. Icons. Pagan Origins. Sixth-century Icons. Icons in Church. Iconoclasm and the Theology of Icons. The Restoration of Icons. Icons in Public. The Mother of God -- 3. The Secular Domestic World. The Palaces of Constantinople. The Fashions of Palace Life. Country Life -- 4. A Temple of Transformation. Early Byzantine Churches. Medieval Byzantine Church Design. The Medieval Decorative System. Christ in the Dome. The Selected Narrative. The Sanctuary. The Narthex -- 5. A Cosmopolitan Art. Art and Diplomacy. Italy. Palaiologan Art. The Renaissance. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-169) and index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0810927004 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Αρχιτεκτονική, Βυζαντινή<br/>Τέχνη, Βυζαντινή<br/>Architecture, Byzantine.<br/>Art, Byzantine.<br/>Civilization.