The revival of the art and architecture of the Byzantine Empire.

Charts the revival of the art and architecture of the Byzantine Empire that took place across Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
A highly decorative style, originally produced in Byzantium (modern day Istanbul), it inspired the works of designers, artists and patrons such as Louis Comfort Tiffany, Gustav Klimt, Edward Burne-Jones and Ludwig I of Bavaria.
This original and pioneering interdisciplinary study presents the first coherent account of the varied manifestations of Byzantinism in Germany, Austria, France, Britain and America.
Richly illustrated with Byzantine originals and the works they inspired.
Covering politics, religion and literature as well as the arts, this is an exemplary study in cultural history.

This book is the first ever to investigate a fascinating and fundamental but relatively unfamiliar subject: the revival of interest in the Byzantine style of architecture and decoration in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The Byzantine Revival was always a minority cult that attracted outsiders, visionaries and extremists, and J B Bullen`s original and scholarly narrative paints a vivid and entertaining picture of the colourful figures in Germany, Austria, France, Britain and America who rediscovered Byzantium and reinterpreted its style to promote widely differing aims.

Through its sweeping scope, this interdisciplinary study is thought-provoking and timelessly absorbing, intellectually and aesthetically.