Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 266 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Edition:
Second edition
ISBN:
9781003216094
Series Statement:
Understanding the ancient world series
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1 Overview of the Evidence and Methodological Questions -- Preliminary Considerations -- Chronology -- Geographical and Physical Context, Media, and Materials -- Subjects: Characters and Contents -- Artistic Style and Technique -- Workshops and Clients -- The Myth of Early Christian Aniconism -- Pagan Prototypes: Syncretism or Adaptation? -- Text and Image -- Conclusion -- 2 Early Christian Symbols -- Birds -- Doves -- Peacocks -- The Phoenix -- Anchors and Boats -- Grapevines and Vintaging -- Fish and Fishers -- The Banquet -- Praying Figures -- The Shepherd and His Flock -- Conclusion -- 3 Biblical Stories in Early Christian Art -- The Prominence of Hebrew Scripture Subjects -- A Jewish Source Hypothesis -- Prayers for the Dead as the Key to the Iconography -- The Social Context as Underlying the Subject Selection -- Visual Exegesis, Part 1: Prophecy and Fulfilment -- The Hospitality of Abraham -- The Three Hebrew Youths -- The Jonah Cycle -- Visual Exegesis, Part 2: Sacramental Symbolism -- Moses Parting the Sea and Striking the Rock -- The Woman at the Well -- Conclusion -- 4 From Christ the Miracle Worker and Teacher to Christ the King and Lawgiver -- Jesus as Wonderworker, Divine Healer, and Life Restorer -- Jesus the Wonderworker -- Jesus the Magician? -- Jesus's Staff -- Jesus the Divine Healer -- The Imposition of Hands -- The Diminutive Recipients -- Jesus the Revivifier -- Jesus the Teacher -- The Enthroned God -- The Adoration of the Magi -- Jesus Entering Jerusalem -- Jesus Giving the Law -- Conclusion -- 5 Depicting the Divine: Jesus and the Holy Trinity -- Prototypes for an Image of Christ -- Orpheus -- Helios/Sol Invictus -- The Bearded God -- Variations on a Theme.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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Substanially revised and updated new edition
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032105482
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032105505
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Jensen, Robin Margaret, 1952 - Understanding early Christian art London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024 ISBN 9781032105505
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781032105482
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Frühchristentum
;
Kunst
;
Kunst
;
Geschichte 30-600
DOI:
10.4324/9781003216094
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