"This slim volume presents an admirably succinct analysis of one of the great turning points in Western art and civilization."--Art Bulletin "L'Orange has distilled for the non-specialist reader's benefit the essence of those important studies of late-antique art, and the ideologies informing it, for which he has long been famed."--Classical Review

"This slim volume presents an admirably succinct analysis of one of the great turning points in Western art and civilization."--Art Bulletin "L'Orange has distilled for the non-specialist reader's benefit the essence of those important studies of late-antique art, and the ideologies informing it, for which he has long been famed."--Classical Review