Andrew Paterson

Late Antique Portraits and Early Christian Icons

The Power of the Painted Gaze

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the earliest surviving Christian icons, dated to the sixth and seventh centuries, which resemble three other well-established genres of â sacred portraitâ also produced during late antiquity, namely Roman imperial portraiture, Greco-Egyptian funerary portraiture and panel-paintings depicting non-Christian deities.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Art and Religion
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 175mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9780367697587
• ISBN-10: 0367697580
• Artikelnr.: 70351405

Autorenporträt

Andrew Paterson is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Production of Sacred Portraits (i): Techniques and
Stylistic Variation 2. The Production of Sacred Portraits (ii): The
Visualisation of the Prototype 3. The Reception of Sacred Portraits (i):
Functions and Meanings of the Depicted Gaze 4. The Reception of Sacred
Portraits (ii): Their Role in Spiritual Practice Conclusion