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Carved for a Roman city prefect who was a newly baptized Christian at his death, the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus is not only a magnificent example of "the fine style" of mid-fourth-century sculpture but also a treasury of early Christian iconography clearly indicating the Christianization of Rome--and the Romanization of Christianity. Whereas most



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*Figures, pg. xvii*Tables and Diagrams, pg. xxi*1. Introduction, pg. 1*2. Interpretations, pg. 22*3. Intercolumniations, pg. 39*4. Spandrels, pg. 72*5. Ends, pg. 91*6. Lid, pg. 104*7. Compositional and Ornamental Elements, pg. 120*8. Integration, pg. 127*Notes, pg. 155*Bibliography, pg. 231*Index of Biblical Citations, pg. 245*Index of Ancient Authors, pg. 247*Index of Modern Authors, pg. 249*Index of Subjects, pg. 253*Plates, pg. 257

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691604862, 978-0691604862
      ISBN10: 069160486X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Carved for a Roman city prefect who was a newly baptized Christian at his death, the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus is not only a magnificent example of "the fine style" of mid-fourth-century sculpture but also a treasury of early Christian iconography clearly indicating the Christianization of Rome--and the Romanization of Christianity. Whereas most



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*Figures, pg. xvii*Tables and Diagrams, pg. xxi*1. Introduction, pg. 1*2. Interpretations, pg. 22*3. Intercolumniations, pg. 39*4. Spandrels, pg. 72*5. Ends, pg. 91*6. Lid, pg. 104*7. Compositional and Ornamental Elements, pg. 120*8. Integration, pg. 127*Notes, pg. 155*Bibliography, pg. 231*Index of Biblical Citations, pg. 245*Index of Ancient Authors, pg. 247*Index of Modern Authors, pg. 249*Index of Subjects, pg. 253*Plates, pg. 257

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