题 目：Africa and Byzantium / 非洲与拜占庭

作 者：Andrea Myers Achi

出 版：Yale University Press，2023

装 帧：精装，352页

尺 寸：24.9*28.9 cm

非洲大陆与拜占庭世界艺术文化交汇的首度探索。

中世纪艺术史长久以来都聚焦于拜占庭帝国的辉煌，然而，努比亚、埃及、埃塞俄比亚以及其他强大的非洲王国对艺术做出的深远贡献却鲜为人知。这些王国与拜占庭之间至关重要的互动，对中世纪地中海世界产生了不可磨灭的影响。《非洲与拜占庭》一书汇集了170多件采用各种媒介和技术创作的杰作，包括马赛克、雕塑、陶器、金属制品、奢侈品、画板绘画以及宗教手稿等，展现了非洲在跨大陆贸易和文化交流网络中的核心地位。该书凭借深刻的学术研究和首次或罕见公开的全新作品摄影，揭示了晚期古代非洲令人惊叹的艺术成就，重新评估了非洲对前现代世界发展的贡献，并提供了一个更完整的历史视角，展现了非洲作为一个充满活力、多民族、多语言和多信仰的社会，在拜占庭乃至更广泛地区的艺术、经济和文化生活中所扮演的关键角色。

The first exploration of the artistic and cultural intersections of the African continent and the Byzantine world

Medieval art history has long emphasized the glories of the Byzantine Empire, but less known are the profound artistic contributions of Nubia, Egypt, Ethiopia, and other powerful African kingdoms whose pivotal interactions with Byzantium had an indelible impact on the medieval Mediterranean world. Bringing together more than 170 masterworks in a range of media and techniques—from mosaic, sculpture, pottery, and metalwork to luxury objects, panel paintings, and religious manuscripts—Africa and Byzantium recounts Africa’s centrality in transcontinental networks of trade and cultural exchange. With incisive scholarship and new photography of works rarely or never before seen in public, this long-overdue publication sheds new light on the staggering artistic achievements of late antique Africa. It reconsiders the continent’s contributions to the development of the premodern world and offers a more complete history of Africa as a vibrant, multiethnic society of diverse languages and faiths that played a crucial role in the artistic, economic, and cultural life of Byzantium and beyond.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

(November 19, 2023–March 3, 2024)

The Cleveland Museum of Art

(April 14–July 21, 2024)