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SCULPTURE ERWIN PANOFSKY Changing Aspects Its from Ancient Egypt to Bernini ABRAMS ART This book presents a distinguished quartet of lectures by Erwin Panofsky, the scholar whoiseverywhereacknowledgedastoday's greatest interpreter of the meaning of works ofart. In these lectures Dr.Panofsky throws light on the world of tomb sculp- ture, a form of art that has been with us since the dawn of civilization, because its imagery expresses man's hopes and fears in the face ofdeath, hisstrivingforimmor- tality. The initiated reader needs no introduc- tion to the scholarship and humanism of Dr. Panofsky, Professor Emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. The uninitiated will find in these lectures a marvelous blend of learning and enter- tainment, splendidly illustrated by 471 black-and-whitereproductions.Thevariety and beauty of these illustrative examples are themselves breathtaking. Starting with Egypt and pursuing the theme of funerary art through its fascinat- — ing cultural expressions Greek, Roman, Early Christian, Romanesque, Gothic, Re- naissance, to the great monuments of the — Baroque the reader comes to see the many faces that "after-life" has taken. Each of these looks in some way familiar to us, however exotic its origin, for each one carried in its day a meaning that has never been absent in our lives. We are proud to offer this volume of tomb sculpture through the ages, from manv religions, countries, and cultures. Dr. Panofsky enriches our understanding ofthese monumentsincountlessways,with wisely chosen analogies from poetry, phi- losophy, and even music. As he broadens our view, he brings nearer to us the com- mon range of our human experience. 471 illustrations Digitized by the Internet Archive 2011 in http://www.archive.org/details/tombsculpturefouOOpano TOMB SCULPTURE Edited by H.W.Janson Four Lectures on Changing Its M PTU Aspects from Ancient Egypt to Bernini ERWIN PANOFSRY by NEW HARRY ABRAMS, YORK N. INC., CODMAN SQUARE Library ofCongressCatalogCardNumber: 64-15235 All rights reseived. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced without the written permission ofHarryN.Abrams, Inc., NewYork Printed and bound in West Germany 1 Contents page Preface 7 LECTURES I. From Egypt to the "Tomb ofthe Nereids" 9 II. From the Mausoleum to the End ofPaganism 23 III. The Early Christian Period and the Middle Ages North ofthe Alps 29 IV. The Renaissance, Its Antecedents and Its Sequel gn ILLUSTRATIONS 97 I. Figures I—49 III. Figures 136—27 II. Figures 50—135 IV. Figures722—446 Selected Bibliography 3^1 Index 3II Photographic Credits 319
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