Daniel C. Cochran

Building the Body of Christ

Christian Art, Identity, and Community in Late Antique Italy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Building the Body of Christ argues that monumental Christian art and architecture played a crucial role in the formation of new religious identities in late antique Italy. Bishops and their supporters employed the visual arts to articulate and encourage specific beliefs, practices, and values that shaped the emerging institutional church.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9781978707702
• ISBN-10: 1978707703
• Artikelnr.: 63597366

Autorenporträt

By Daniel C. Cochran

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1: Early Christian Art and the Study of Late Antiquity
Chapter 2: Peter, Paul, and Constantina: Commemoration and Christianization
in Fourth Century Rome
Chapter 3: Trajectories of Transformation: Walking the Mosaic Pavement of
Aquileia's Cathedral
Chapter 4: Gathering the Ecclesial Flock in Ravenna's Mausoleum of Galla
Placidia
Epilogue: "Come and See" the Mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore