Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages is a panoramic survey that focuses on the arts of medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Islamicate world. From majestic monuments to exquisite tableware, Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen, and Linda Safran deftly guide readers over twelve centuries of art and architecture created by the diverse peoples and religious groups of western Eurasia and North Africa.

This textbook, intended for a wide range of courses in the history of medieval art and architecture, uniquely features: ? More than 450 color illustrations of fascinating works produced between ca. 250 CE and ca. 1450 CE? Coverage of secular and religious arts, including polytheistic, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions ? Informational text boxes on key issues and a glossary of terms? Diverse cultures interwoven in a single chronological framework ? Five broad interpretive themes?artistic production, status and identity, connection to the past, ideology, and access to the sacred

Complemented by a website (artofthemiddleages.com) with additional works, dynamic maps and timelines, podcasts, new primary-source translations, and more, Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages brilliantly expands and recalibrates the story of medieval art history.

Introduction: From Santiago to Samarkand, Lincoln to Lalibela1. The Roots of Medieval Art 2. Fourth and Fifth Centuries3. Sixth to Mid-Seventh Century4. Mid-Seventh to Late Eighth Century5. Late Eighth Century to ca. 9606. ca. 960 to ca. 10707. ca. 1070 to ca. 11708. ca. 1170 to ca. 12509. ca. 1250 to ca. 134010. ca. 1340 to ca. 145011. Afterlives of the Middle Ages

Jill Caskey is Professor of Medieval Art at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Her publications focus on cross-cultural encounters and include Confronting the Borders of Medieval Art.

Adam S. Cohen is Associate Professor of Medieval Art at the University of Toronto. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of six books, including Signs and Wonders.

Linda Safran is Associate Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto. She is the author, editor, or coeditor of eight books, including The Medieval Salento.

Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages is an exciting and stimulating survey of medieval art, offering the wide-ranging coverage that the field of medieval art history needs and wants right now. This is a terrific resource that will enable instructors and inspire students to deepen and extend their studies.

A nimble, inclusive, and masterly introduction to the arts of the Middle Ages, drawing on the latest scholarship and offering a model of collaborative endeavor. Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages achieves a geographically interconnected understanding of the period and its cultural complexity and plurality.

In lucid, approachable prose, Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages expands and recalibrates the story of medieval art history, making a compelling, timely case for a more interconnected Middle Ages.

Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen, and Linda Safran have productively brought together a fascinating choice of medieval objects and monuments with extraordinary clarity. Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages is impressively capacious and intelligent in its treatment of medieval art.