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The art of empireChristian art in it...

Jefferson, Lee M.

The art of empireChristian art in its imperial context /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The art of empireLee M. Jefferson, Robin M. Jensen.
Reminder of title:	Christian art in its imperial context /
Author:	Jefferson, Lee M.
other author:	Jensen, Robin M.,
Published:	Minneapolis :Fortress Press,2015.
Description:	1 online resource (370 p.)
Subject:	Christian art and symbolismTo 500.
Online resource:	click for full text
ISBN:	1506402844

The art of empireChristian art in its imperial context /
Jefferson, Lee M.

The art of empireChristian art in its imperial context /[electronic resource] :Lee M. Jefferson, Robin M. Jensen. - Minneapolis :Fortress Press,2015. - 1 online resource (370 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The art of empire: Christian art in its imperial context -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Allusions to Imperial Rituals in Fourth-Century Christian Art -- 2. Revisiting the Emperor Mystique: The Traditio Legis as an Anti-Imperial Image -- 3. The Memory of "Peter" in Fourth-Century Rome: Church, Mausoleum, and Jupiter on the Via Praenestina -- 4. From Victim to Victor: Developing an Iconography of Suffering in Early Christian Art -- 5. The Good Shepherd and the Enthroned Ruler: A Reconsideration of Imperial Iconography in the Early Church -- 6. Representing Ritual, Christianizing the pompa circensis: Imperial Spectacle at Rome in a Christianizing Empire -- 7. Was the Presence of Christ in Statues? The Challenge of Divine Media for a Jewish Roman God -- 8. The Visualization of the Imperial Cult in Late Antique Constantinople -- 9. Does the Hinton St. Mary Mosaic Depict Christ? -- Index.

The Art of Empire contends that the art and imagery of Late Antiquity requires a deeper understanding of the context of the imperial period before and after Constantine. The chapters treat an aspect of the relationship between early Christian art and the rituals, practices, or imagery of the Empire.

ISBN: 1506402844Subjects--Topical Terms:

297603
Christian art and symbolism
--To 500.

LC Class. No.: N7832

Dewey Class. No.: 709.015

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