Early Christian iconography and A school of ivory carvers in Provence (1918)
Smith, E. Baldwin (Earl Baldwin), 1888-1956 · Princeton, Princeton university press; [etc.,etc.] · leaf 57
as introduced directly from the East. The main types1 of the Adoration in art are the Hellenistic, the Hellenistic-Oriental, the Alexandrian-Coptic, the Palestinian-Coptic, and the Byzantine. Before discussing the classification of the scenes of the Adoration of the Magi, it is necessary to mention… … Fig. 29. Rome: S. Maria Maggiore, mosaic. Adoration of the Magi. Christ is figured as a youth dressed in a long white tunic with purple clavi and seated on a large, jewelled, quadrangular throne with a gemmed suppe- daneum. The miraculous star is poised above His head and four angels stand behind…
Christian art and symbolism · Ivory carving · Art
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