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Pottery, Pavements, and Paradise : Iconographic and Textual Studies on Late Antiquity.

New perspectives are provided on late antique cults, popular entertainment, and the decoration of Christian churches through a fresh look at Christian writings, popular ceramics, and elite works of mosaic, metalwork, and marble sculpture.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoek, Annewies van den
Otros Autores: Herrmann, John Joseph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2013.
Colección:Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Paulinus of Nola, courtyards, and canthari : a second look / Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr.
  • Thecla the beast fighter : a female emblem of deliverance in early Christian popular art / Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr.
  • "Two men in white" : observations on an early Christian lamp from North Africa with the Ascension of Christ / John J. Herrmann, Jr. and Annewies van den Hoek
  • Anicius Auchenius Bassus, African red slip ware, and the church / Annewies van den Hoek
  • The sphinx : an Egyptian theological symbol in Clement of Alexandria / John J. Herrmann, Jr. and Annewies van den Hoek
  • Clement of Alexandria, acrobats, and the elite / Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr.
  • Celsus' competing heroes : Jonah, Daniel, and their rivals / Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr.
  • Divine twins or saintly twins : the Dioscuri in an early Christian context / Annewies van den Hoek
  • The saga of Peter and Paul : emblems of Catholic identity in Christian literature and art / Annewies van den Hoek
  • Apocalyptic themes in the monumental and minor art of early Christianity / John J. Herrmann, Jr. and Annewies van den Hoek
  • Odysseus wanders into late antiquity / Annewies van den Hoek
  • Execution as entertainment : the Roman context of martyrdom / Annewies van den Hoek.