Les Voies de la Creation en Iconographie Chretienne: Antiquite et Moyen Age

by André Grabar

French

Genres: Art, Art History, Religion, History, Nonfiction

341 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

Reviews

[Viltė Vilūnaitė · Rating 4 out of 5]

kaip apie ikonografiją visai šmaikštu

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Invaluable study of the birth of Christian art and symbolism. Without much knowledge of the subject prior to reading this, I had loosely assumed (or resigned to) some kind of divine spark, or immediate comprehension of signs and imagery had occurred. But Grabar meticulously reveals the development over four hundred years (200-600AD); from the unsophisticated origins in the catacombs in Rome to its replacement of Roman civic imagery and locus. The imagery progresses by appropriation and competition with Judaeo and Pagan works, and through this medium Grabar also reveals a lucid window on the advent of the wider Christian story itself.

[Elena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect to enhance and deepen the knowledge of Christian iconography and it's history.