Title & Author:

Age of spirituality : a symposium / edited by Kurt Weitzmann ; contributors to this volume, Hans-Georg Beck, Beat Brenk, Peter R.L. Brown, George M.A. Hanfmann, Ernst Kitzinger, Richard Krautheimer, Arnaldo Momigliano, Ihor Ševčenko, Massey H. Shepherd, Jr., Kurt Weitzmann.

Publication:

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [1980]
[Princeton, N.J.] : Princeton University Press
©1980

Description:

viii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Symposium held in conjunction with the exhibition, Age of spirituality: late antique and early Christian art. third to seventh century, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 19, 1977-February 12, 1978.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Kurt Weitzmann -- After Gibbon's Decline and fall / Arnaldo Momigliano -- Art and society in late antiquity / Peter R.L. Brown -- Constantinople : the rise of a new capital in the East / Hans-Georg Beck -- The imperial heritage of early Christian art / Beat Brenk -- A shadow outline of virtue : the classical heritage of Greek Christian literature (second to seventh century) / Ihor Ševčenko -- The continuity of classical art : culture, myth, and faith / George M.A. Hanfmann -- Christology : a central problem of early Christian theology and art / Massey H. Shepherd, Jr. -- Success and failure in late antique church planning / Richard Krautheimer -- Christian imagery : growth and impact / Ernst Kitzinger.

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ISBN:

0691039569
9780691039565
0870992295
9780870992292

Subject:

Art, Ancient Congresses.
Art, Classical Congresses.
Art, Early Christian Congresses.
Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500 Congresses.
Jewish art and symbolism Congresses.
Christianity and art History To 1500 Congresses.
Art antique Congrès.
Art paléochrétien Congrès.
Symbolisme juif Congrès.
Art, Ancient.
Art, Classical.
Art, Early Christian.
Christian art and symbolism Medieval.
Christianity and art.
Jewish art and symbolism.
Religiöse Kunst
Spiritualität
Kongress
Kunst.
Cultuur.
Christendom.
European visual arts to 1500 Conference proceedings

Form/genre:

Kongress.
essays.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Essays.
History.
Konferenzschrift 1979 New York.
Konferenzschrift 1979 New York, NY.
Actes de congrès.
Essais.

Added entries:

Weitzmann, Kurt, 1904-1993.
Beck, Hans-Georg, 1910-1999.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 3666
Call No.: PO1288
Status: Available