Byzantium : From Antiquity to the Renaissance Book

	Map: The Byzantine Empire	10
	Map: Early Byzantine and Medieval Constantinople	19
	Introduction	7
1	The Imperial City of Constantinople	17
	Constantine's City	17
	The Classical Heritage of the City	24
	Justinian's City	29
	The Period of Crisis	32
	Medieval Constantinople	33
	The Decline of Constantinople	40
2	Icons	43
	Pagan Origins	43
	Sixth-century Icons	47
	Icons in Church	52
	Iconoclasm and the Theology of Icons	55
	The Restoration of Icons	57
	Icons in Public	65
	The Mother of God	70
3	The Secular Domestic World	73
	The Palaces of Constantinople	73
	The Fashions of Palace Life	79
	Country Life	87
4	A Temple of Transformation	97
	Early Byzantine Churches	99
	Medieval Byzantine Church Design	106
	The Medieval Decorative System	111
	Christ in the Dome	117
	The Selected Narrative	118
	The Sanctuary	127
	The Narthex	133
5	A Cosmopolitan Art	137
	Art and Diplomacy	137
	Italy	143
	Palaiologan Art	151
	The Renaissance	157
	Timeline	164
	Bibliography	166
	Picture Credits	170
	Index	172