Coptic Art: Sculpture, Architecture.
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Nabil Selim Atalia, Coptic Art: L'Art Copte. Vol. II. Sculpture - Architecture. Cairo: Lehnert & Landrock, circa 1990.
23 x 16.5 cm, card wraps, 156 pages, illustrated.
The slightest wear to the covers. In very good condition.
Parallel text in English and French.
'The Coptic Art is that art which is related to Christian Egypt. The objects of art illustrate the life of Egypt in an era of dying paganism and nascent Christianity. The new religion of Christianity has left its mark on every aspect of Egyptian life. The Christian Egyptians were called "Copts" (which word is a corruption of the ancient pharaonic name for Egypt, transformed by the Greeks ... They played an important role in the history of Christianity as a whole. ...
'Between the early 4th to the mid-7th century of our era, Egypt experienced its greatest cultural and artistic flowering since pharaonic times. Sculptures were polychromed architectural reliefs in stone and wood from tombs, houses, monasteries and churches.
'Also, special Christian architecture was applied to churches, funerary buildings and monastic establishments.'