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

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Main Author: Kristensen, Troels Myrup (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Series: Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity ; 12.

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Call Number: NB958 .K75

Table of Contents:
  • 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.