In 1977 The Metropolitan Museum of Art presented Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century , the largest exhibition ever to focus on the period that spans the transition between the classical and medieval ages. In keeping with the didactic spirit of the exhibition, the Museum held a symposium in November 1977 to provide the public with a broad background for appreciation of this little-known field and to offer art historians the provocative speculations and conclusions of their ...
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In 1977 The Metropolitan Museum of Art presented Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century , the largest exhibition ever to focus on the period that spans the transition between the classical and medieval ages. In keeping with the didactic spirit of the exhibition, the Museum held a symposium in November 1977 to provide the public with a broad background for appreciation of this little-known field and to offer art historians the provocative speculations and conclusions of their colleagues. In addition to art history, the distinguished scholars who participated in the symposium discussed the theology, literature, politics, economics, and architecture of the first centuries of the Christian Era. With its treatment of this complex period in scope and depth, Age of Spirituality: A Symposium is an ideal companion volume to the comprehensive exhibition catalogue, published by the Metropolitan Museum in association with Princeton University Press. Appearing in this book are the nine papers delivered by guest lecturers, as well as an introduction by editor Kurt Weitzmann, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University and, as Consultative Curator at the Metropolitan Museum, principal organizer of the exhibition. [This book was originally published in 1980 and has gone out of print. This edition is a print-on-demand version of the original book.] Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
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Good in very good jacket. Gilt stamped blue cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto [9" x 11.25"], illustrated in b&w. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, previous owner's signature to front flyleaf, text has some ink lines in margins and edges of block are foxed. DJ has sun and foxing to spine, edgewear that includes a few small tears.
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Very Good in Good + jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. Illustrated in black & white. viii, 174 pages. 4to. Hardcover. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed. Very Good/Good +.
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VG-(Light foxing along edges of book block; former owner name and year on first page; dj has light edge wear and hangs a little loose on the book; dj has light interior foxing; pages are aging a bit with good text and illus. ) Navy blue buckram, black title block on spine, gilt letters on spine & front cover, Amish blue and illus. dust jacket, 174 pp., BW illus. A collection of 10 scholarly essays on various topics within the realm of ancient art. Serves as a companion to the comprehensive 1977 exhibition catalogue, Age of Spirituality: Late Antique and Early Christian Art, Third to Seventh Century.