| 词条 | Archangel ivory |
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|name = Archangel ivory |image = |image_caption = on display in the museum |material = Ivory |size = 428 x 143 mm and 9 mm thick |writing = |created = AD 525-550 |place = Constantinople |publisher= |location = Room 41 of the British Museum |id = |registration = }} The Archangel ivory is the largest surviving Byzantine ivory panel, now in the British Museum. Dated to the early 6th century, it depicts an archangel holding a sceptre and imperial orb. DescriptionThe archangel is usually identified as Michael, and the panel is assumed to have formed the right part of a diptych, with the lost left half possibly depicting Emperor Justinian (reigned 527–565),[1] to whom the archangel would be offering the insignia of imperial power. The panel is the largest single piece of carved Byzantine ivory that survives,[1] at 42.9 × 14.3 cm (16 7/8 × 5 5/8 in).[2] It is, along with the Barberini ivory, one of two important surviving 6th-century Byzantine ivories attributed to the imperial workshops of Constantinople under Justinian,[3] although the attribution is mostly assumed due to the size and craftsmanship.[1] The figure is depicted in a highly classical style, wearing Greek or Roman garb and with a youthful face and proportions conforming to the ideals of classical sculpture. The architectural space, however, is more typically Byzantine in its bending of spatial logic: the archangel's feet are at the top of a staircase that recedes from the base of the columns, but his arms and wings are in front of the columns.[2] The feet are also not firmly planted on the steps. There is a Greek inscription at the top, translated variously. Translated as "Receive this suppliant, despite his sinfulness", it might be an expression of humility on the part of Justinian.[1] Interpreted as the beginning of an inscription that continues on the lost second panel, it may read, "Receive these gifts, and having learned the cause...".[2] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book | author = Robin Cormack | title = Oxford History of Art | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2000 | isbn = 0-19-284211-0 | pages = 45–47}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite book | author = Marilyn Stokstad | title = Medieval Art | publisher = Westview Press | year = 2004 | isbn = 0-8133-4114-0 | pages = 67–68}} 3. ^A. Cutler, "The making of the Justinian diptychs", Byzantion 54 (1984), pp. 75-115. Further reading
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