The study and dissemination of an iconography: banquet scenes from the catacombs of Rome to the facsimile catacombs of the nineteenth century

The text traces the discovery and the history of two important banquet scenes from the Roman catacombs (from the Catacombs of Callixtus and from the Catacombs of Priscilla). It focuses on the interpretations given to the scene from the 19th century onwards and on its fortune in Europe: reproductions...

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Main Author: Chiara Cecalupo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Art History, University of Birmingham 2022-06-01
Series:Journal of Art Historiography
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Online Access:https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2022/05/cecalupo.pdf