UID:
almahu_9949702374302882
Format:
1 online resource (xxii, 582 pages) :
,
illustrations (some color)
ISBN:
9789004256934
Series Statement:
Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 122
Content:
These essays on late antiquity traverse a territory in which Christian and pagan imagery and practices compete, coexist, and intermingle. The iconography of the most significant late antique ceramic, African Red Slip Ware, is an important and relatively unexploited vehicle for documenting the diversity and interpenetration of late antique cultures. Literary texts and art in other media, particularly mosaics, provide imagery that complement and enhance the messages of the ceramics. Popular entertainments, pagan cults, mythic heroes, beasts, monsters, and biblical visions are themes dealt with on the patrician and popular levels. With interpretive supplements from these diverse realms, it is possible to achieve greater insight into the life, attitudes, and thought of Late Antiquity.
Note:
Front Matter /
,
Introduction /
,
Paulinus of Nola, Courtyards, and Canthari: A Second Look /
,
Thecla the Beast Fighter: A Female Emblem of Deliverance in Early Christian Popular Art /
,
"Two Men in White:" Observations on an Early Christian Lamp from North Africa with the Ascension of Christ /
,
Anicius Auchenius Bassus, African Red Slip Ware, and the Church /
,
The Sphinx: An Egyptian Theological Symbol in Plutarch and Clement of Alexandria /
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Clement of Alexandria, Acrobats, and the Elite /
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Celsus' Competing Heroes: Jonah, Daniel, and their Rivals /
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Divine Twins or Saintly Twins: The Dioscuri in an Early Christian Context /
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The Saga of Peter and Paul: Emblems of Catholic Identity in Christian Literature and Art /
,
Apocalyptic Themes in the Monumental and Minor Art of Early Christianity /
,
Odysseus Wanders into Late Antiquity /
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Execution as Entertainment: The Roman Context of Martyrdom /
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Cumulative Bibliography and Short Titles /
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Indexes /
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Plates /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Pottery, Pavements, and Paradise: Iconographic and Textual Studies on Late Antiquity Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2013, ISBN 9789004255388
Language:
English
Keywords:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
