Customer Review: Mathews is primarily concerned to refute a particular early 20th-Century German and Eastern European ideological theory that the portrayal of Jesus in art was derived directly from the detailed portrayal of Roman emperors in art and that this artistic portrayal of Jesus as emperor legitimates... more info
Customer Review: I own this book. I am Jewish so the religious aspect of the book didn't impact me as much as the images. For those of you who love "outsider" or "naive" painting, the imagery and the creative solutions of the artists, filled me with joy.
Customer Review: This inexpensive yet lavishly illustrated volume is an ideal introduction to the history of Byzantine art. As the previous reviewer has noted, it is arranged thematically. However, the themes themselves are those that arise more or less chronologically, so one does get a sense of moving from the... more info
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