Introduction
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The introduction argues that the current understanding of late antique style as abstract and spiritual is not supported by the evidence. It surveys the trajectory of this idea in the literature of late antique art and proposes an alternative approach based on concepts of style outlined in late antique rhetorical theory.
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- Style and Meaning in Late Antique ArtAncients and Moderns on Seeing and Thinking, pp. 1 - 24Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024