Late Antiquity: Art in ContextTwelve international papers, from a conference held at the University of Aarhus in 1997, which explore the iconography and styles of Late Antique art and architecture. The papers argue that Late Antiquity existed as a distinct period in its own right and that it exhibited both transformation and continuity. |
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Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Style as Bearer of Meaning The Transition | 53 |
Meanings of Style On | 71 |
Constantines Use of spolia | 85 |
Il battistero lateranense dellImperatore | 117 |
The Iconography and Style of | 145 |
On the Threshold to | 159 |
Mythological Subjects on Late Roman Lamps | 179 |
Christian Lamps Motifs in Context | 199 |
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| Title | Late Antiquity: Art in Context Volume 8 of Acta Hyperborea, ISSN 0904-2067 |
| Editors | Jens Fleischer, John Lund |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Museum Tusculanum Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 8772896396, 9788772896397 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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