Architectural Sculpture in the Byzantine Negev
Subtitle: Characterization and Meaning
Publisher: de Gruyter GmbH, Walter; de Gruyter; De Gruyter
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 740
ISBN-13: 9783110628029
Subjects: Decoration and ornament, architectural; Art, byzantine; Stone carving; Excavations (archaeology), middle east; Architecture, byzantine; Israel, antiquities
Description: "This book presents a study and catalogue of the early Christian stone architectural decorations from the Negev Desert (Israel). This work is based on the largest sample of decorated architectural elements from the Byzantine Negev (4th–7th century CE) to have been comparatively studied. The analysis provides a key for the characteristics of these aniconic, carved decorations, and an in-depth examination of their symbolic meaning." --provided by publisher