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Monastic visions : wall paintings in the Monastery of St. Antony at the Red Sea / edited by Elizabeth S. Bolman ; photography by Patrick Godeau.

Contributor(s): Bolman, Elizabeth S, 1960- | Godeau, Patrick
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven, Conn. : American Research Center in Egypt/Yale University Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: xxvii, 307 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0300092245 (alk. paper); 9780300092240 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Coptic mural painting and decoration -- Egypt | Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356 -- Art | Christian saints in art | Church of St. Anthony (Egypt) | Mural painting and decoration, Medieval -- EgyptDDC classification: 751.7/3/09623 LOC classification: ND2863.3 | .M66 2002Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Preface / Mark Easton and Robert K. Vincent, Jr. -- St. Antony the Great and the monastery of St. Antony at the Red Sea, ca. A.D. 251 - 1232/1233 / Tim Vivian -- The church of St. Antony : the architecture / Michael Jones -- The early paintings / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- Theodore, "The Writer of Life," and the program of 1232/1233 / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- Theodore's style, the art of Christian Egypt, and beyond / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- Theodore's program in context : Egypt and the Mediterranean region / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- Reflections of the temporal world : secular elements in Theodore's program / William Lyster --
The Khurus vault : an Eastern Mediterranean synthesis / Elizabeth S. Bolman and William Lyster -- Conservation of the wall paintings in the monastery of St. Antony at the Red Sea / Adriano Luzi and Luigi D Cesaris -- Perspectives on the monastery of St. Antony : Medieval and later inhabitants and visitors / Gawdat Gabra -- The handwriting on the wall : graffiti in the church of St. Antony / Sidney H. Griffith -- Windows into heaven : icons in monastic life today / Father Maximous El-Anthony -- In the footsteps of the saints : the monastery of St. Antony, pilgrimage, and modern Coptic identity / Elizabeth E. Oram -- The Coptic inscriptions in the Church of St. Antony / Birger A. Pearson -- Conclusion / Elizabeth S. Bolman.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface / Mark Easton and Robert K. Vincent, Jr. -- St. Antony the Great and the monastery of St. Antony at the Red Sea, ca. A.D. 251 - 1232/1233 / Tim Vivian -- The church of St. Antony : the architecture / Michael Jones -- The early paintings / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- Theodore, "The Writer of Life," and the program of 1232/1233 / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- Theodore's style, the art of Christian Egypt, and beyond / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- Theodore's program in context : Egypt and the Mediterranean region / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- Reflections of the temporal world : secular elements in Theodore's program / William Lyster --

The Khurus vault : an Eastern Mediterranean synthesis / Elizabeth S. Bolman and William Lyster -- Conservation of the wall paintings in the monastery of St. Antony at the Red Sea / Adriano Luzi and Luigi D Cesaris -- Perspectives on the monastery of St. Antony : Medieval and later inhabitants and visitors / Gawdat Gabra -- The handwriting on the wall : graffiti in the church of St. Antony / Sidney H. Griffith -- Windows into heaven : icons in monastic life today / Father Maximous El-Anthony -- In the footsteps of the saints : the monastery of St. Antony, pilgrimage, and modern Coptic identity / Elizabeth E. Oram -- The Coptic inscriptions in the Church of St. Antony / Birger A. Pearson -- Conclusion / Elizabeth S. Bolman.

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