عنوان

Imperial Rome and Christian triumph :

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0192842013

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019284265X

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9780192842015

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9780192842657

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Title Proper

Imperial Rome and Christian triumph :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450 /

First Statement of Responsibility

Jaś Elsner.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1998.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 297 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans ;

Dimensions

24 cm.

Series Title

Oxford history of art

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-281) and index.

Text of Note

Ch. 1. Introduction -- pt. I. Images and Power. Ch. 2. A Visual Culture. Ch. 3. Art and Imperial Power -- pt. II. Images and Society. Ch. 4. Art and Social Life. Ch. 5. Centre and Periphery. Ch. 6. Art and Death -- pt. III. Images and Transformation. Ch. 7. Art and the Past: Antiquarian Eclecticism. Ch. 8. Art and Religion. Ch. 9. Art and Culture: Cost, Value, and the Discourse of Art -- Afterword: Some Futures of Christian Art.

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Text of Note

This book offers an exciting new approach to the twin themes of the arts of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christian art. Beginning in the second century, with its rich revival of ancient learning and artistic practices, and ending in the fifth with Christian narrative and liturgical cycles and the pilgrimage arts, this book explores the art of the Roman Empire by tackling two inter-related periods of internal transformation: the 'Second Sophist' (c. ad 100-300), and the era of late antiquity (c. ad 250-450). For the first time, these two themes are treated together, throwing a more penetrating light on the radical change undergone by the empire in becoming a Christian imperium. Vases, murals, statues, and masonry are explored in relation to such issues as power, death, society, acculturation, and religion. By examining questions of reception, viewing, and the culture of spectacle alongside the more traditional art-historical themes of imperial patronage and stylistic change, Elsner presents a fresh and challenging account of a rich cultural crucible in which many developments of later European art had their origins.

Art, Early Christian.

Art, Roman.

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Book number

Elsner, Jaś.

Date of Transaction

20161019011449.0

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