Late antique and sub-antique, or, The "decline of form" reconsidered

Author

Trilling, James

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Dumbarton Oaks papers/Studies on art and archeology in honor of Ernst Kitzinger on his seventy-fifth birthday. 1987, Vol. 41, p. 469-476, 5 ill.

ISSN

0070-7546

Abstract (en)

Considers the tendency in art historical literature to regard progressive works of art in Late Antiquity, i.e. works which did not simply perpetuate the Greco-Roman style, as representing a "decline of form" (a phrase coined by Berenson in 1954). Author here suggests a fundamentally different way of looking at the development of abstract styles in Late Antique art and their relation to Christianity.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400
• Art history
• 1900-2000
• Art
• Late Antique
• Ancient [art]
• Influence
• Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959
• Style
• Christianity

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400
• Histoire de l'art
• 1900-2000
• Art
• Antiquité tardive
• Antique (art)
• Influence
• Berenson, Bernard, 1865-1959
• Style
• Christianisme

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447721

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