Iconography of the Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus - Neofitus Iit Ad Deum

Summary

Carved for a Roman city prefect who was a newly baptized Christian at his death, the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus is not only a magnificent example of "the fine style" of mid-fourth-century sculpture but also a treasury of early Christian iconography clearly indicating the Christianization of Rome--and the Romanization of Christianity. Whereas most

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Struthers Malbon, Malbon Elizabeth Struthers
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780691604862
• ISBN: 978-0-691-60486-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, ART / Sculpture & Installation, sculpture, History of Art, Ancient Rome, Installation art, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE