The dawn of Christian art in panel paintings and icons /
Mathews, Thomas F.,author.
Muller, Norman E.,author.
J. Paul Getty Museum,issuing body.
"In a study of sixty neglected panel paintings from Roman Egypt, the authors present evidence for a lost link between the panel-painting tradition of Greek antiquity and Christian paintings of Byzantium and the Renaissance"--Provided by publisher.
"Published simultaneously in Italy a Alle origini delle icone by Editoriale Jaca Book SpA, Milan."
"In a study of sixty neglected panel paintings from Roman Egypt, the authors present evidence for a lost link between the panel-painting tradition of Greek antiquity and Christian paintings of Byzantium and the Renaissance"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. The survival of ancient panel paintings -- Sites of discovery, places of cult -- Panel paintings in the primary sources -- Restructuring and Hellenizing the Egyptian pantheon -- Icon stories and visions -- The iconography of Mary -- The cult of Templon icons in Constantinople -- Egyptian icon cult and the decree of the Council of Nicaea II -- Christian art, east and west -- Appendix: Pigment identification and media analysis.
Panel painting, Greco-Roman
Panel painting, Medieval.
Panel painting, Renaissance.
Icon painting
Christian art and symbolism
Christian art and symbolism