Medieval Art: A Bibliography

The art and civilization of the European Middle Ages, from Late Antiquity and Early Christian times through the Romanesque and Gothic eras, continue to inspire the production of scholarly books devoted to the medieval millennium. Many publications are color-illustrated catalogues from recent museum exhibitions, written by expert art and cultural historians, respected archaeologists and curators. Most of the recommended titles can be purchased at bookstores and through the Internet.

This bibliography concludes with the dawn of the 15th Century in Italy and the beginning of the 16th Century in northern Europe.

General:

• Bartlett, Robert (ed.). Medieval Panorama. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001.
• Calkins, Robert G. Medieval Architecture in Western Europe from A.D. 300 to 1500. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
• Martindale, Andrew. Gothic Art. New York: Thames & Hudson, 1985.
• Nees, Lawrence. Early Medieval Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
• Petzold, Andreas. Romanesque Art. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, Inc, 2003.
• Sekules, Veronica. Medieval Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
• Stokstad, Marilyn. Medieval Art (2nd Edition). Boulder: Westview Press, 2004.

Iconography:

• Ferguson, George. Signs and Symbols in Christian Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 1966.
• Pelikan, J. Mary Through the Centuries: Her Place in the History of Culture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.
• Sill, Gertrude Grace. A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art. New York: Touchstone Publishers, 1996.
• Warner, Marina. Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary. New York: Vintage Books, 1983.
• Zuffi, Stefano (ed.). Saints in Art. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002.

Museum Collections:

• Barnet, Peter and Nancy Wu. The Cloisters: Art and Architecture. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006.
• Klein, Holder A. (ed.), et al. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art (exh. cat.). Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
• Wixom, William D. Medieval Sculpture at The Cloisters. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.
• _____. Medieval Sculpture at The Metropolitan: 800 to 1400. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005.
• _____. Mirror of the Medieval World (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990.
• Young, Bonnie. A Walk Through The Cloisters. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988.

Late Antique and Early Christian Europe:

• Weitzmann, Kurt, et al. Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1977.

The Early Middle Ages in Western Europe:

• Fitzhugh, William And Elisabeth I. Ward. Vikings: The North American Saga (exh. cat.). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000.
• Graham-Campbell, James and Daffyd Kidd. The Vikings ( exh. cat.). New York and London: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum, 1980.
• Treasures of Early Irish Art, 1500 B.C. to 1500 A.D.: From the Collections of the National Museum of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy & Trinity College, Dublin (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1977.

Burgundy:

• Antoine, Elizabeth, et al. Art from the Court of Burgundy: The Patronage of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless 1364-1419 (exh. cat.). Cleveland Museum of Art, 2004.

Byzantium:

• Evans, Helen C., et al. Byzantium: Faith and Power (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004.
• _____, William D. Wixom (eds), et al. The Glory of Byzantium: Art and Culture of the Middle Byzantine Era, A.D. 843-1261 (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997.
• Nelson, Robert S., Kristen M. Collins (eds.), et al. Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai (exh. cat.). Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006.

Eastern Europe:

• Boehm, Barbara Drake and Jiri Fajt (eds.), et al. Prague, the Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437 (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005.

France:

• Crosby, S. M., et al. The Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis in the Time of Abbot Suger (1122-1151). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981.
• Gauthier, Marie-Madeleine, et al. Enamels of Limoges: 1100-1350 (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996.

Iberia:

• Dodds, Jerrilynn, Bernard F. Reilly, John W. Williams, et al. Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain 500-1200 (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992.

Italy:

• Bonsanti, Giorgio. The Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi: Glory and Destruction. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997.
• Buckton, David (ed.), et al. The Treasury of San Marco, Venice (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984.
• Kessler, Herbert L. and Johanna Zacharias. Rome 1300: On the Path of the Pilgrim. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000.
• Morello, Giovanni and Laurence B. Kanter (eds.), et al. The Treasury of Saint Francis of Assisi (exh. cat.). Milan: Electa, 1999.
• The Horses of San Marco (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980.

Sculpture:

• Barnet, Peter and Pete Dandridge (eds.), et al. Lions, Dragons, & Other Beasts: Aquamanilia of the Middle Ages, Vessels for Church and Table (exh. cat.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006.
• Chapuis, Julian (ed.), et al. Tilman Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages (exh. cat.). Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1999.
• Little, Charles T. (ed.), et al. Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture (exh. cat.). New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006.

Illuminated Manuscripts:

• Inglis, Erik. Faces of Power and Piety. J. Paul Getty Museum, 2008.
• Kren, Thomas and Mark Evans (eds.), et al. A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005.
• _____, Scot McKendrick, et al. Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe (exh. cat.). Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003.
• Morrison, Elizabeth. Beasts: Factual & Fantastic. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Trust, 2007.
• Wieck, Roger S. Painted Prayers: The Book of Hours in Medieval and Renaissance Art. New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1999.

Riemenschneider, St. Jerome & the Lion (1490-95)

Master Theodoric, St. Luke (1360-54)

Aristotle and Phyllis (late 14th Century)

Head of a Woman (1500-25)

Jean Bourdichon, Louis XII in Prayer (1498/99)

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