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 83
s bearded, and seated in a chair with a back, in contrast to the Ori- Fig. 52. Berlin: Museum, ivory. The Massacre of the Innocents. ental bench ; no soldiers flank the tribunal seat. It is in the actual exe- cution, however, that the scene differs so radically from previous repre- sentations ; not… … Fig. 53. Milan : Cathedral, ivory book covers. The Massacre of the Innocents. of Santa Maria Maggiore, these Eastern representations become mild when contrasted with the barbarism of the smashing type of the Massacre. A somewhat later rendering of the same type occurs on the Milan book covers12…
Christian art and symbolism · Ivory carving · Art
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