Tomb sculpture : four lectures on its changing aspects from ancient Egypt to Bernini / by Erwin Panofsky ; foreword by Martin Warnke ; edited by H.W. Janson
1964, 1st edition. London : Thames & Hudson. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #384271
Physical description; 319 pp., 471 black and white reproductions, 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index. Contents; Lectures: I. From Egypt to the "Tomb of the Nereids" ; II. From the mausoleum to the end of paganism ; III. The early Christian period and the Middle Ages north of the alps ; IV. The Renaissance, ots antecedents and its sequel. Subjects; Sepulchral monuments History. Sculpture. Relief (Sculpture). Tombs. Memorials. Death in art. Egypt, Christian Renaissance.
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