Transition to Christianity : art of late antiquity, 3rd - 7th century AD /
Transition to Christianity : art of late antiquity, 3rd - 7th century AD / edited by Anastasia Lazaridou. - New York : Athens : Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation ; Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Byzantine and Christian Museum , c2011. - 191 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, held at the Onassis Cultural Center, New York, December 7, 2011-May 14, 2011. "In memoriam Demetrios Konstantios, Director of the Byzantine and Christian Museum, 1999-2010"
Bibliography: pages 175-190.
Foreword/ Pavlos Yeroulanos -- Foreword/ Anthony S. Papadimitriou -- Preface/ Eugenia Chalkia -- Late antiquity: anomaly and order between a pagan and a Christian world/ Peter Brown -- Late antiquity: a period of cultural interaction/ Jas Elsner -- The rise of Christianity: from recognition to authority/ Averil Cameron -- Urban setting/ Helen Saradi-Mendelovici -- The transition from paganism to Christianity: the numismatic evidence/ Ioannis P. Touratsoglou -- Personal adornment: glory, vainglory, and insecurity/ Henry Maguire -- Death and rebirth/ Aristotelis Mentzos -- Christian worship/ Kimberly Bowes -- The emergence of Christian art: old themes and new meanings/ Fabrizion Bisconti -- Portraits and icons in late antiquity/ Katherine Marsengill -- Aesthetic shifts in late antique art: abstraction, dematerialization, and two-dimensionality/ Slobodan Curcic.
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Art, Ancient--Greece
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Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, held at the Onassis Cultural Center, New York, December 7, 2011-May 14, 2011. "In memoriam Demetrios Konstantios, Director of the Byzantine and Christian Museum, 1999-2010"
Bibliography: pages 175-190.
Foreword/ Pavlos Yeroulanos -- Foreword/ Anthony S. Papadimitriou -- Preface/ Eugenia Chalkia -- Late antiquity: anomaly and order between a pagan and a Christian world/ Peter Brown -- Late antiquity: a period of cultural interaction/ Jas Elsner -- The rise of Christianity: from recognition to authority/ Averil Cameron -- Urban setting/ Helen Saradi-Mendelovici -- The transition from paganism to Christianity: the numismatic evidence/ Ioannis P. Touratsoglou -- Personal adornment: glory, vainglory, and insecurity/ Henry Maguire -- Death and rebirth/ Aristotelis Mentzos -- Christian worship/ Kimberly Bowes -- The emergence of Christian art: old themes and new meanings/ Fabrizion Bisconti -- Portraits and icons in late antiquity/ Katherine Marsengill -- Aesthetic shifts in late antique art: abstraction, dematerialization, and two-dimensionality/ Slobodan Curcic.
9780981966625 0981966624
Archaeology and art--Greece--Exhibitions
Christianity and art--Greece--Exhibitions
Art, Ancient--Greece
709.0214