Christian Iconography : A Study of its Origins: the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts

Part of the A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, 1961 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Andre Grabar demonstrates how paleo-Christian images were created and what role they played alongside other forms of Christian piety in their day, Grabar explores the limits of originality in such art, and the influence of figurative art in the Roman Empire.