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Description of  Byzantium and British Heritage: Byzantine influences on the Arts and Crafts Movement (British School at Athens - Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies)

Byzantium was a very influential part of the development of the Arts and Crafts Movement (18801910) in Britain, and although the influence of the Gothic Revival (183080) is well known, that of the Byzantine Revival (18401910) is not. This volume is about the people and the movements that created the Byzantine Revival and shows how they influenced British heritage from architecture to the decorative arts during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Read more