John Beckwith (1) (1918–1991)
Author of Early Medieval Art: Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque
For other authors named John Beckwith, see the disambiguation page.
Works by John Beckwith
The Basilewsky situla 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Beckwith, John
- Legal name
- Beckwith, John Gordon
- Birthdate
- 1918-12-02
- Date of death
- 1991-02-20
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Exeter College, University of Oxford (MA|1947)
- Occupations
- art historian
museum curator - Organizations
- Victoria and Albert Museum
British Army (WWII) - Awards and honors
- British Academy (Fellow, 1974)
Society of Antiquaries of London (Fellow, 1968) - Cause of death
- throat cancer
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Whitby, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Place of death
- London, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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This book traces the tendencies in art created in Constantinople from the founding of the city to its conquest by the Turks. For a layman in Byzantine art history, it is a challenge to grasp visually the distinctions and trends that the author points out in individual, small-sized black-and-white reproductions of mosaics, frescos, icons, coins, sculptures, ivories, tapestries, and manuscripts. But sometimes the detailed analytic style will rise to broader historical judgments such as very show more strong condemnation of the Fourth Crusade for having pillaged Constantinople and thoughts on the final conquest of the Turks. show less
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- Works
- 11
- Members
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- Popularity
- #39,628
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 44
- Languages
- 4