Making and breaking the gods : christian responses to pegan sculpture in late antiquity /

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Main Author: Kristensen, Troels Myrup (Author)

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Language: English

Series: Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity ; 12.

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Call Number: NB958 .K75

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245 1 0 |a Making and breaking the gods :  |b christian responses to pegan sculpture in late antiquity /  |c Troels Myrup Kristensen. 
264 1 |a Aarhus :  |b Aarhus University Press,  |c 2013. 
300 |a 297 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 25 cm. 
490 1 |a Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity ;  |v 12 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-288) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : Driving demons away : the world of Demeas -- Chapter 1 : Making and breaking the gods : from Roman visual practices to Christian response -- Making the gods : Roman religion and visual practices -- Breaking the gods : Christian perspectives -- Chapter 2 : The semantics of Christian response : pagan sculpture in the sacred spaces of Egypt -- Approaching Egypt -- Christian responses to pagan sculpture in Alexandria -- Christian responses to pagan sculpture in the Nile valley -- Embodied images : representation and response in Egypt -- Christian responses and the transformation of sacred space in Egypt -- Chapter 3 : Re-imagining idols : Christian responses to pagan sculpture in the urban spaces of the near east -- Approaching the near east -- Christian response in environments of urban continuity : Palmyra and Scythopolis -- Displaying pagan statues in the contested cityscapes of the near east : Caesarea Maritima and beyond -- The end of the "statue habit" in the near east: pagan statues and bathing culture at Hammat Gader -- Conclusion: Christian response and the viewing culture of late antiquity. 
650 0 |a Christian art and symbolism. 
650 0 |a Paganism in art. 
650 0 |a Sculpture, Ancient. 
830 0 |a Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity ;  |v 12. 
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