An illuminating look at the iconography of the early church and its important place in the history of Christian art Christian Iconography examines how the earliest Christian images were created and sheds light on the role they played alongside other forms of Christian piety in their day. Andr??? Grabar looks at the most characteristic examples of paleo-Christian iconography, dwelling on their nature, form, and content. He explores the limits of originality in such art, its debt to figurative art, and the cultural ...
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An illuminating look at the iconography of the early church and its important place in the history of Christian art Christian Iconography examines how the earliest Christian images were created and sheds light on the role they played alongside other forms of Christian piety in their day. Andr??? Grabar looks at the most characteristic examples of paleo-Christian iconography, dwelling on their nature, form, and content. He explores the limits of originality in such art, its debt to figurative art, and the cultural climate in the Roman Empire more broadly, drawing a distinction between expressive images--that is, genuine works of art--and informative ones. Enriching our understanding of early Christian art, this classic book shows how early Christian iconography assimilated contemporary imagery. It establishes the importance of imperial iconography in the development of Christian portraits and discusses dogmas expressed in single and juxtaposed images.
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190pp photo illustrations. Some minor rubbing. VG. In a rubbed and torn dustwrapper., dustw. 25x19cm, (414) pp, Several pages bear neatly pencilled marks to page margins. Includes 190 pages containing 341 photo illustrations. Contents: Preface; the First Steps; The Assimilation of Contemporary Imagery; The Portrait; The Historical Scene; Dogmas Expressed in a Single Image; Dogmas Represented by Juxtaposed Images.
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Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 432 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Good. 1980 printing. Clean except for a few light fingerprints on the outside edges of the page block; soft cover is moderately faded over spine and around edges, briefly creased at right front and top left front corners, shallowly chipped at the spine head, and shelf-rubbed around the edges, with one very small scratch at the upper front, otherwise excellent. l, 174pp. + 341 b/w plates.
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Very Good. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. Softcover. Some shelf and handling wear including creasing to spine. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. A sound copy.
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Very good in very good(-) jacket. 341 black and white illustrations, 174 pages of text. Thick 4to, gray cloth, torn and chipped d.w. Princeton: Princeton UP, (1968). Some light penciling in the margins, still a very good sturdy copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Bollingen Series XXXV. The 10th vol. of the A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, delivered at the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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Good with no dust jacket. 400 pages; Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Fading to covers. Scuffs to exterior edge of pages. Good overall condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages.; -Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
