Crusader Art In The Holy Land, From The Third Crusade To The Fall Of Acre, 1187-1291

In this work, Jaroslav Folda examines the art and architecture produced for the Crusaders during the century that Acre served as the capital of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, from 1191 to 1291. Commissioned by Crusaders, pilgrims, merchants, and resident Franks in the Crusader territories of Syria-Palestine, these artworks were produced by Westerners who had traveled to the Latin East, resident Franks, Eastern Christians, and even Muslims who worked for Crusader patrons. Defining "Crusader art" as one that meshes the traditions of the Latin West and the Greek and Islamic East, Folda identifies the surviving works, discusses the main artistic developments in historical context, and shows how thirteenth-century Crusader art differs from that produced in the twelfth century.

Jaroslav Folda is N. Ferebee Taylor Professor of the History of Art at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.