Book Review: "The Glory of Byzantium and Early Christendom" by Antony Eastmond

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By Margaret Howie

Antony Eastmond's "The Glory of Byzantium" is a monster of a book, heavy and weighted and gilded, part blunt weapon and part sacred icon. Eastmond gives a smart but never too academic tour of Byzantium paintings, icons, sculpture, relics, and architecture, leaving the book heavy on the beautiful images and light on the technical details. It serves as an introduction to the glorious world of Medieval art, and focuses on regions that tend to be neglected in discussions of Medieval art, like Georgia, Turkey, and Egypt. [link]