The Cross in the Visual Culture of Late Antique Egypt /
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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.
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Coptic art revealed : a milestone exhibition : Palace of Amir Taz, Cairo, December 8, 2010-April 30, 2011 /
: "'Coptic art revealed' was the first locally curated temporary exhibition on Coptic art in Egypt that displayed a large variety of objects shown together exclusively to highlight key topics of the Coptic culture"--Pages [4] of cover. : 83 pages : color illustrations, color maps, color plan ; 30 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)