The dawn of Christian art in panel paintings and icons

Book 2016

"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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Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500

Christian art and symbolism To 500

Egypt Antiquities, Roman

Icon painting Egypt

Panel painting, Greco-Roman Egypt Influence

Panel painting, Medieval

Panel painting, Renaissance

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ISBN:

9781606065099

Edition:

English edition

Description:

256 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 34 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

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

Control Number:

1871819

Other Authors:

J. Paul Getty Museum, issuing body
Muller, Norman E., author

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