The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art
- ISBN-10
- 1317514173
- ISBN-13
- 9781317514176
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 398
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-05-20
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Robin M. Jensen, Mark D. Ellison
Description
The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art surveys a broad spectrum of Christian art produced from the late second to the sixth centuries. The first part of the book opens with a general survey of the subject and then presents fifteen essays that discuss specific media of visual art—catacomb paintings, sculpture, mosaics, gold glass, gems, reliquaries, ceramics, icons, ivories, textiles, silver, and illuminated manuscripts. Each is written by a noted expert in the field. The second part of the book takes up themes relevant to the study of early Christian art. These seven chapters consider the ritual practices in decorated spaces, the emergence of images of Christ’s Passion and miracles, the functions of Christian secular portraits, the exemplary mosaics of Ravenna, the early modern history of Christian art and archaeology studies, and further reflection on this field called “early Christian art.” Each of the volume’s chapters includes photographs of many of the objects discussed, plus bibliographic notes and recommendations for further reading. The result is an invaluable introduction to and appraisal of the art that developed out of the spread of Christianity through the late antique world. Undergraduate and graduate students of late classical, early Christian, and Byzantine culture, religion, or art will find it an accessible and insightful orientation to the field. Additionally, professional academics, archivists, and curators working in these areas will also find it valuable as a resource for their own research, as well as a textbook or reference work for their students.
Get the book
Similar books
-
The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Archaeology
By Thomas W. Davis, David K. Pettegrew, William R. Caraher"This handbook brings together work by leading scholars of the archaeology of early Christianity in the Mediterranean and surrounding regions.
-
The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies
By Susan Ashbrook Harvey, David G. HunterProvides an introduction to the academic study of early Christianity (c. 100-600 AD) and examines the vast geographical area impacted by the early church, in Western and Eastern late antiquity. --from publisher description.
-
The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Cities
By Katie Day, Elise M. EdwardsResearch methodologies -- Religious frameworks and ideologies in urban contexts -- Contemporary issues in religion and cities.
-
The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy
By Mark EdwardsThis volume offers the most comprehensive survey available of the philosophical background to the works of early Christian writers and the development of early Christian doctrine.
-
The Art of Empire: Christian Art in Its Imperial Context
By Robin M. Jensen, Lee M. JeffersonThe chapters in this collection each treat an aspect of the relationship between early Christian art and the rituals, practices, or imagery of the Empire, and offer a new and fresh perspective on the development of Christian art in its ...
-
The Early Christian World
By Philip F. EslerThe work begins by firmly situating early Christianity within its Mediterranean social, political and religious contexts, before charting the history of the first Christian centuries.
-
The Routledge Handbook of Hindu-Christian Relations
By Michelle Voss Roberts, Chad M BaumanThe handbook describes both the rich history of productive Hindu-Christian encounters, and moments of conflict between Hindus and Christians.
-
The Routledge Handbook of Translation History
By Christopher Rundle16 The task of Jewish translation revisited Abigail Gillman DOI: 10.4324/9781315640129-16 16.1 Introduction. ... owes much to broader trends within literary and cultural studies, among them transformative research using Homi K. Bhabha's ...
-
Tradition and Transformation in Christian Art: The Transcultural Icon
By C.A. TsakiridouTradition and Transformation in Christian Art approaches tradition and transculturality in religious art from an Orthodox perspective that defines tradition as a dynamic field of exchanges and synergies between iconographic types and their ...
-
The Routledge Handbook of Pentecostal Theology
By Wolfgang VondeyHe is the author of A Pentecostal Political Theology for American Renewal, From Pentecost to the Triune God, and several edited books on Pentecostal theology. Wolfgang Vondey is professor of Christian theology and Pentecostal studies ...