Early Christian iconography and A school of ivory carvers in Provence - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...noticeably alike and accurately illustrate the Gospel account.7 It is also interesting to note that about the middle of the fifth century Perpetuus recorded that among other Biblical scenes the Widow's Mite was figured on the walls of the church of St. Martin at Tours.8 Whatever the correct interpretation of the scene may be, we have 3 Examples of this scene occur at S. Apollinare Nuovo (Fleury, L'Evangile, pi. LVIII/2), and in the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus, gr. 510, Bibl. Nat., Paris (Fleury, op. cit., pi. LVIII/3). 4 Bertaux, L'art dans I'ltalie meridionalc, fig. 99. 5 This interpretation is that of Westwood (Fictile Ivories, p. 41), Stuhlfauth, Elfenbeinplastik, and Dobbert, Jb. Prcuss. Kunsts., 1894, p. 136. 6 Garr., op. cit., IV, pi. 248/5. 'Mark xii, 42; Luke xxi, 1-4. 8 Kraus, Geschichte der christlichen Kunst, I, p. 602 sq; Perpetuus, "Tituli der Basilica des Heil. Martin zu Tours" in Von Schlosser, Quellenbuch zur Kunstgeschichte (Neue Folge, 4), p. 32. Fig. 135. Ravenna: S. Apollinare Nuovo, Mosaic. The Widow's Mite. already indicated the Italian character of the globe as a seat for Christ.0 Although the only other examples of its use in miracle scenes in the eleventh century are the frescoes of S. Angelo in Formis, its frequent use in other connections from the fourth to the eighth century in Italy and its continuation in Carolingian art leaves little doubt as to the Western origin of the scene on the Milan book covers. XVIII CHRIST TRIUMPHANT The representation of Christ trampling under foot the lion, the dragon, the asp and the basilisk as depicted on the Bodleian book cover, the ivory so frequently cited in connection with the preceding scenes, presents a composition which not only may be connected with early Carolingian art i...
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- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1236375793
- ISBN 13 9781236375797
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages96
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