The dawn of Christian art in panel paintings and icons / Thomas F. Mathews, with Norman E. Muller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mathews, Thomas F., author.

Muller, Norman E., author.

Contributor:

J. Paul Getty Museum, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Panel painting, Greco-Roman--Egypt--Influence.

Panel painting, Greco-Roman.

Panel painting, Medieval.

Panel painting, Renaissance.

Icon painting--Egypt.

Icon painting.

Christian art and symbolism--To 500.

Christian art and symbolism.

Christian art and symbolism--Medieval, 500-1500.

Christian art and symbolism--Medieval.

Egypt--Antiquities, Roman.

Egypt.

Classical antiquities.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm

Edition:

English edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2016]

Summary:

"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.

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.

Notes:

"Published simultaneously in Italy a Alle origini delle icone by Editoriale Jaca Book SpA, Milan."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781606065099

1606065092

OCLC:

952700836