Books

Ancient Churches Revealed. Edited by Yoram Tsafrir. Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1993. Early churches in Palestine and Sinai peninsula.
NA5977 .A64 1993

Beckwith, John. Early Christian and Byzantine Art. Second edition. "The Pelican History of Art." New York: Penguin Books/Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1979. 405p.
N7832 .B3 1979

Croix, Horst de la, Richard G. Tansey and Diane Kirkpatrick. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Ninth Edition. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, 1991. "Early Christian Art," pp.254-271; "Byzantine Art," pp.271-287. Illus.
N5300 .G25 1991

Dillenberger, Jane. Style and Content in Christian Art. New York: Abingdon Press, 1965. Chapter 3, "Early Christian and Byzantine Art," pp.29-56.
N7831 .D54

"Early Christian and Byzantine Art." In The Dictionary of Art, Volume 9. Edited by Jane Turner. New York: Grove's Dictionaries, Inc., 1996. Pp.506-669. Author is given for each article.
Ref. N31 .D5 1996 v.9

Elsner, Jas. Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD100-450. "Oxford History of Art." Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 297p.
N5760 .E484 1998

Finney, Paul Corby. The Invisible God: The Earliest Christians on Art. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. 319p.
BV150 .F56 1997

Gough, Michael. The Origins of Christian Art. New York: Praeger, 1973,1974. 216p.
N7832 .G62

Grabar, André. Christian Iconography: A Study of Its Origins. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1968, 1980. 174p. plus 341 illustrations in black and white.
N7832 .G6613 1980

Hutter, Irmgard. Early Christian and Byzantine. New York: Universe Books, 1988. 191p." Reprint of 1971 edition: "Early Christian and Byzantine Art."
N7832 .H8713 1988

Janson, H. W. and Anthony F. Janson. A Basic History of Art. Third Edition, Revised and Expanded. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall; New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987. "Early Christian and Byzantine Art," pp.88-101.
N5300 .J29 1987

Janson, H. W. and Samuel Cauman. A Basic History of Art. Second edition. Revised by Anthony F. Janson. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall/New York: Abrams, 1981. "Early Christian and Byzantine Art," pp.78-88. Illus.
N5300 .J29 1980

Kessler, Herbert L. "Early Christian Art." In Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Volume 4. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984. Pp.348-364.
Ref. D114 .D5 1982 v.4

Krautheimer, Richard. Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture. Third edition. "The Pelican History of Art." Hammondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1979. 583p.
NA4817 .K7 1979

Lassus, Jean. The Early Christian and Byzantine World. "Landmarks of the World's Art." New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 176p.
N7832 .L294

Lowden, John. Early Christian & Byzantine Art. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1997. 447p.
N7832 .L563 1997

Lowrie, Walter. Art in the Early Church. Revised edition. "Harper Torchbooks." New York: Harper and Row, 1965. 229p.
N7832 .L57

Mâle, Emile. The Early Churches of Rome. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1960. 253p.
NA5620 .A1 M283

Mathews, Thomas F. The Clash of Gods: A Reinterpretation of Early Christian Art. Revised Edition. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999. 237p.
N7832 .M36 1999

Mathews, Thomas F. "Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture." In Dictionary of the Middle Ages, Volume 4. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984. Pp.331-347.
Ref. D114 .D5 1982 v.4.

McClinton, Katharine Morrison. Christian Church Art Through the Ages. New York: Macmillan Company, 1962. Chapter 3, "Early Christian Art," pp.26-39; Chapter 4, "The Golden Age of Byzantine Art," pp.40-51. Illus.
N7830 .M24

Meer, Frederick van der. Early Christian Art. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967. 149p. plus 48 b&w plates.
N7832 .M4313

Murray, Peter and Linda. The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. "Early Christian Art and Architecture," pp.148-154.
Ref. N7830 .M87 1996

Neil, William. "I. Early Christian: Christianity and the Arts." In 2000 Years of Christian Art, by Eric Newton and William Neil. New York: Harper and Row, 1966. Pp.21-34. Illus.
N7830 .N4

Neil, William. "II. Byzantine: Catacombs, Mosaics and Monasteries." In 2000 Years of Christian Art, by Eric Newton and William Neil. New York: Harper and Row, 1966. Pp.65-86. Illus.
N7830 .N4

Newton, Eric. "I. Early Christian: Faith and Symbol." In 2000 Years of Christian Art, by Eric Newton and William Neil. New York: Harper and Row, 1966. Pp.10-20. Illus.
N7830 .N4

Newton, Eric. "II. Byzantine: The Forms of the Otherworldy." In 2000 Years of Christian Art, by Eric Newton and William Neil. New York: Harper and Row, 1966. Pp.36-64. Illus.
N7830 .N4

Stevenson, J. The Catacombs: Rediscovered Monuments of Early Christianity. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978. 179p.
BR132 .S74

Stokstad, Marilyn. Medieval Art. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. Chapter I, "Art in the First Centuries of the Christian Era," pp.1-17; Chapter II, "The Art of the Triumphant Christian Church," pp.18-48. Illus.
N5970 .S75 1986

Zarnecki, George. Art of the Medieval World. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall; New York: Abrams, 1975. Chapter 1, "Early Places of Worship and Pre-Constantinian Art," pp.13-18; Chapter 2, "Constantine the Great and the Art of the Fourth Century," pp.19-32; Chapter 3, "Art in the East and West Until the Eighth Century," pp.33-80.
N5970 .Z37 1975b

 

Periodicals

Cohen, Rudolph. "The Marvelous Mosaics of Kissufim." Biblical Archaeology Review 6 (January/February 1980): 16-23." Illus. A mid-sixth century Byzantine church floor found at Kibbutz Kissufim, east of Gaza.

Forsyth, George H. and Kurt Weitzmann. "Saving the Mt. Sinai Mosaics." Biblical Archaeology Review 4 (November/December 1978): 16-31. Illus., b&w and color.

Goodenough, Erwin R. "Catacomb Art." Journal of Biblical Literature 81 (June 1962): 113-142.

Jensen, Robin A. "Dining in Heaven: The Earliest Christian Visions of Paradise." Bible Review 14 (October 1998): 32-39,48-49. Illus. The author, an art historian, identifies an early church art motif, found on walls of the Roman catacombs, of seven youths gathered around a table for a meal.

Michaelides, Demetrios. "The Early Christian Mosaics of Cyprus." Biblical Archaeologist 52 (December 1989): 192-202. Illus.

Spivey, Nigel. "Christ and the Art of Agony." History Today 49 (August 1999): 16-23. Illus. The roots of Christian art and iconography traced to the cruelty of the Roman arena and the shame of crucifixion.

Tsafrir, Yoram. "Ancient Churches in the Holy Land." Biblical Archaeology Review 19 (September/October 1993): 26-39. Illus.

Wernick, Robert. "Fifteen Centuries Later, Ravenna's Mosaics Still Glow." Smithsonian 20 (January 1990): 54-65. Illus.

 

Web URLs

Alan Petersen: Early Christian and Byzantine Art
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/~apeterse/art201/early_ch.htm

Art History - Early Christian
http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/medieval/earlychristian.htm

Art History Resources: Part 4 Art of the Middle Ages (List of Links)
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHmedieval.html#EarlyChristian

Art History Resources: Part 4 Art of the Middle Ages (List of Links)
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHmedieval.html#Byzantine

Catholic Encyclopedia: Early Christian Representations of Angels
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01485a.htm

Early Christian and Byzantine Art
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/medieval/ech_byz.html

Early Christian & Byzantine Art (List of Links)
http://keller.edu/~jlingen/christian.htm