Description
Book SynopsisThis is the first of two volumes that contains all of Professor Kitzinger's major essays on the art of Late Antiquity, accompanied by a new preface and a comprehensive index. The volume is divided into two sections; the first on Late Antique art includes: The story of Joseph on a Coptic textile; Notes on Coptic sculpture; Studies on late antique and Byzantine floor mosaics, including examples in Antioch and Bethlehem; The Cleveland marbles; Christian imagery and many more. The second section on Byzantine art includes: The Hellenistic heritage in Byzantine art; Byzantium and the West in the second half of the 12th century; The role of miniature painting in mural decoration; Artistic patronage in early Byzantium, and others.
Table of ContentsPreface
Late Antique: The story of Joseph on a Coptic textile
Notes on Coptic sculpture
The horse and lion tapestry in Dumbarton Oaks: A study in Coptic and Sassanian textile design
A survey of the early Christian town of Stobi
Studies on late antique and early Byzantine floor mosaics: I. Mosaics at Nikopolis
The threshold of the Holy Shrine: Observations on floor mosaics at Antioch and Bethlehem
Observations on the Samson floor at Mopsuestia
A pair of silver book covers in the Sion treasure
A fourth century floor mosaic in Pisidian Antioch
The Cleveland marbles
Christian imagery: growth and impact
Byzantine: The Hellenistic heritage in Byzantine art
The cross of Cerularius: An art-historical comment
Byzantium and the West in the second half of the twelfth century: Problems of stylistic relationships
Mosaico, introduzione
Il mosaico bizantino e medievale dopo Giustiniano
The role of miniature painting in mural decoration
The Hellenistic heritage in Byzantine art reconsidered
Reflections on the feast cycle in Byzantine art
The Pantokrator bust: two medieval interpretations
Artistic patronage in early Byzantium
Index
