Research Catalog

Title

The cross in the visual culture of late antique Egypt / by Gillian Spalding-Stracey.

Author

Spalding-Stracey, Gillian,

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

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Details

Description

xxiii, 241 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"In The Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt Gillian Spalding-Stracey brings the design of crosses in monastic and ecclesiastical settings to the fore. Visual representations of the Holy Cross are often so ubiquitous in Christian art that they are often overlooked as artistic devices themselves. This volume offers an exploration of the variety of designs and associated imagery by which the Cross was expressed across the Egyptian landscape in late antiquity. A survey of locations and images leads to an analysis of artistic influences, possible symbolism, variance across time and place and the contextual use of the motif. Gillian Spalding-Stracey provides the reader with an art-historical perspective of the socio-cultural situation in Egypt at the time"--

Series Statement

Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity, 2213-0039 ; volume 19

Uniform Title

Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity ; v. 19.

Subjects

• Jesus Christ
• Art
• Ägypten > Altertum
• Symbol
• Spätantike
• Kreuz
• Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
• Christian art and symbolism
• Jesus Christ > Crucifixion > Art

Genre/Form

Art.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The cross in early Christian Egypt -- Survey of significant Egyptian crosses -- Materials, techniques and the issue of authenticity -- The design and symbolism of Egypt's crosses -- Design, dating and location -- Design in context -- The standing of the cross in late antique Egypt.

ISBN

• 9789004411593
• 9004411593
• 9789004430518 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2020011390

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries