The Season Sarcophagus in Dumbarton Oaks (Dumbarton Oaks Studies II) (2 vols.)
Hardcover
1951 · Cambridge, Massachusetts
by Hanfmann, George M. A.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1951. Hardcover. VG- (DJs have moderate wear to edges and surfaces; edges of book block are tanning lightly; page surfaces are aging only slightly and are crisp and clean; former owner name and year written on first page of each vol.). 2 vols. Dark turquoise cloth, yellow & illus. dust jackets, 518 total pp. followed in the second vol. by 150 BW plate pages. The two-volume study that uses as its springboard the Roman Season Sarcophagus at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington. "First explores the immediate origins of this type of sepulchral decoration. Then, following its development in late Roman art and its special application to the Christian idiom in the third and fourth centuries, [it] discovers the path leading to the formation of early Byzantine and early medieval seasonal representations. But since the development of these iconographic forms was ultimately dependent upon more ancient conceptions of the seasons, [the book] is drawn on to explore the meaning and use of the cycle of seasons in literature and art from Homer on." (dj) Volume I contains the main text, while Volume II includes the notes, catalogue, indices, and BW plates. An uncommon set. (Inventory #: 156084)