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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2013.
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Colección: | Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements.
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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.