The iconography of the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus : Neofitus Iit Ad Deum

by: Struthers Malbon, E.

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The iconography of the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

Author:Elizabeth Struthers Malbon

xix, 256 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Carved for a Roman city prefect who was a newly baptized Christian at his death, the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus is not only a magnificent example of "the fine style" of mid-fourth-century sculpture but also a treasury of early Christian iconography clearly indicating the Christianization of Rome--and the Romanization of Christianity. Whereas most previous scholarship has focused on the style of the sarcophagus, Elizabeth Struthers Malbon explores the perplexing elements of its iconography in their fourth-century context. In so doing she reveals the distinction between "pagan" and Christian images to be less rigid than sometimes thought.
Against the background of earlier and contemporary art and religious literature, Malbon explicates the relationship of the facade's two levels of scenes depicting stories from the Old and New Testaments, the connection between the scenes on the facade with those on the lid and ends of the sarcophagus, and the integration of pagan elements within a Christian work. What emerges is a carefully constructed iconographic program shedding light on the development of early Christian art within late antique culture.

*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*Figures, pg. xvii*Tables and Diagrams, pg. xxi*1. Introduction, pg. 1*2. Interpretations, pg. 22*3. Intercolumniations, pg. 39*4. Spandrels, pg. 72*5. Ends, pg. 91*6. Lid, pg. 104*7. Compositional and Ornamental Elements, pg. 120*8. Integration, pg. 127*Notes, pg. 155*Bibliography, pg. 231*Index of Biblical Citations, pg. 245*Index of Ancient Authors, pg. 247*Index of Modern Authors, pg. 249*Index of Subjects, pg. 253*Plates, pg. 257

Subjects:
Bassus, Janus, (317-359) Tombeau
Bassus, Junius
Bassus, Junius -359
Bassus, Junius Tomb
Ikonographie
Museo Historico e Artistico
Museo Storico Artistico del Tesoro di San Pietro
Relief (Sculpture) paléochrétien Thèmes, motifs
Relief (Sculpture), Early Christian Italy Rome
Relief (Sculpture), Early Christian Themes, motives
Relief (sculpture) Rome
Relief sculptures
Rom
Roman Empire
Rome (Italy) Antiquities
Sarcophages romains Thèmes, motifs
Sarcophagi, Roman Italy Rome
Sarcophagi, Roman Themes, motives
Sarkophag
Tombs

The iconography of the sarcophagus of Junius Bassus : Neofitus Iit Ad Deum

by: Struthers Malbon, E.

• ISBN-13: 9780691073552 / 978-0-691-07355-2
• ISBN-03: 0691073554 / 0-691-07355-4
• Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1990

Price: 65,00 EURO

1 copy in stock