This book deals with the architecture and visual arts in late antique-early Byzantine Egypt as an organic part of the art of the Mediterranean region in the period between the 3rd and 8th centuries. The richly illustrated book discusses the survival and transformations of Hellenistic themes and forms in the Roman and late antique periods. It also presents a history of Coptic art history.
"Transfigurations of Hellenism is an outstanding addition to this scholarship, tracing out in detail the continuity of the Hellenistic tradition in Egyptian art...All scholars of late antiquity will find much of interest in this fine work."
Stanley M. Burstein, California State University, Los Angeles
- ISBN10 9004143327
- ISBN13 9789004143326
- Publish Date 16 March 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 404
- Language English
- URL brill.com/product_id22230