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 74
zed composition; the shepherds instead of being freely grouped at the right of the throne are depicted standing in a row which rigidly bal- ances the row of three Magi on the opposite side (Fig. 43). Another example of the symmetrical composition with the frontal Madonna occurs on a full page… … Fig. 44. Etschmiadzin : Gospels. Adora- tion of the Magi. is to be found in the hieratic and monumental character of the composition which appears to reflect the larger design of a mosaic. In a polemic against the Iconoclasts issuing from the Synod of 836 at Jerusalem72 it is stated that the…
Christian art and symbolism · Ivory carving · Art
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