The dawn of Christian art in panel paintings and icons
Introduction. The survival of ancient panel paintings -- Sites of discovery, places of cult -- Panel paintings in the primary sources -- Restructuring and Hellenizing the Egyptian pantheon -- Icon stories and visions -- The iconography of Mary -- The cult of Templon icons in Constantinople -- Egypti...
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| Document Type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles
: The J. Paul Getty Museum
, [2016]
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| Edition: | English edition |
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Related Items: | Parallele Sprachausgabe:
Alle origini delle icone Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Thomas F. Mathews, Norman E. Muller, The dawn of Christian art in panel paintings and icons] |
| Author Notes: | Thomas F. Mathews ; with Norman E. Muller |
| Summary: | Introduction. The survival of ancient panel paintings -- Sites of discovery, places of cult -- Panel paintings in the primary sources -- Restructuring and Hellenizing the Egyptian pantheon -- Icon stories and visions -- The iconography of Mary -- The cult of Templon icons in Constantinople -- Egyptian icon cult and the decree of the Council of Nicaea II -- Christian art, east and west -- Appendix: Pigment identification and media analysis "In a study of sixty neglected panel paintings from Roman Egypt, the authors present evidence for a lost link between the panel-painting tradition of Greek antiquity and Christian paintings of Byzantium and the Renaissance"--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Published simultaneously in Italy as "Alle origini delle icone" by Editoriale Jaca Book SpA, Milan 2016 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 256 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781606065099 |
