Making and breaking the gods : christian responses to pegan sculpture in late antiquity /
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Language: English
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Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity ;
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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.