The Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0802838111 ISBN 13 : 9780802838117

Editeur : William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2017

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

More than 400 distinguished scholars, including archaeologists, art historians, historians, epigraphers, and theologians, have worked together to create the 1,455 entries in this monumental encyclopedia the first comprehensive reference work of its kind. From Aachen to Zurzach, Paul Corby Finneys three-volume masterwork draws on archaeological and epigraphic evidence to offer readers a basic orientation to early Christian architecture, sculpture, painting, mosaic, and portable artifacts created roughly between ad 200 and 600 in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Clear, comprehensive, and heavily illustrated, this work will be an essential resource for all those interested in late antique and early Christian art and history.|More than 400 distinguished scholars, including archaeologists, art historians, historians, epigraphers, and theologians, have worked together to create the 1,455 entries in this monumental encyclopedia the first comprehensive reference work of its kind. From Aachen to Zurzach, Paul Corby Finneys three-volume masterwork draws on archaeological and epigraphic evidence to offer readers a basic orientation to early Christian architecture, sculpture, painting, mosaic, and portable artifacts created roughly between ad 200 and 600 in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Clear, comprehensive, and heavily illustrated, this work will be an essential resource for all those interested in late antique and early Christian art and history.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Paul Corby Finney is Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at the University of Missouri, Saint Louis, and the author of a number of books including The Invisible God, and Seeing Beyond the Word: Visual Arts and The Calvinist Tradition.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0802838111
• ISBN 13: 9780802838117
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 1750