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Christian iconography: A study of its origins: the A. W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts, 1961, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; by André Grabar is a art available to read on EtoBox.
An illuminating look at the iconography of the early church and its important place in the history of Christian art In this book, historian André Grabar demonstrates how early Christian iconography assimilated contemporary imagery of the time. 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 broader cultural climate in the Roman Empir
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- Author
- André Grabar
- Publisher
- Princeton, N.J.] Princeton University Press
- Published
- 1968
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691252094
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- History, Religion, Art