Its Changing Aspects from Ancient Egypt to Bernini
This book, a classic text of 20th century art-historical writing, presents a quartet of lectures by the late Erwin Panofsky, one of the century's leading interpreters of the meaning of works of art. The lectures throw light on the world of tomb sculpture, an art form that has been with us since the dawn of civilization, its imagery expressing man's hopes and fears in the face of death, and his striving for immortality.
'Tomb Sculpture' explores the many forms that memorials have taken and the meanings that these forms were designed to express.
This reissue of a long unavailable, classic volume has been photographically reproduced from the original work, and includes a new foreward by Professor Martin Warnke of Hamburg University.
Includes black-and-white illustrations.
