Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, held at the Onassis Cultural Center, New York, December 7, 2011-May 14, 2012. Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-190). "Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism."
Contents:
Aesthetic shifts in late antique art : abstraction, dematerialization and two-dimensionality / Slobodan ♯ur♯i♯. Late antiquitity : a period of cultural interaction / Ja¿ Elsner -- The rise of Christianity : from recognition to authority / Averil Cameron -- Urban setting / Helen Saradi-Mendelovici -- The transition from paganism to Christianity : the numismatics evidence / Ioannis P. Touratsoglou -- Personal adornment : glory, vainglory and insecurity / Henry Maguire -- Death and rebirth / Aristotelis Mentzos -- Christian worship / Kimberly Bowes -- The emergence of Christian art : old themes and new meanings / Fabrizio Bisconti -- Portraits and icos in late antiquity / Katherine Marsengill -- Aesthetic shifts in late antique art : abstraction, dematerialization and two-dimensionality / Slobodan ♯ur♯i♯.
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