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Making and Breaking the Gods: Christian Responses to Pagan Sculpture in Late Antiquity

Troels Myrup Kristensen

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Description:The basic premise of the book at hand is that there is meaning to be 'excavated' (in both meanings of the word) from Christian responses to pagan sculpture in the period from the fourth to the sixth century. More than mindless acts of religious violence by fanatical mobs, these responses are revelatory of contemporary conceptions of images and the different ways in which the material manifestations of the pagan past could be negotiated in Late Antiquity. Statues were important to the social, political and religious life of cities across the Mediterranean, as well as part of a culture of representation that was intricately bound to bodily taxonomies and visual practices.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Making and Breaking the Gods: Christian Responses to Pagan Sculpture in Late Antiquity. To get started finding Making and Breaking the Gods: Christian Responses to Pagan Sculpture in Late Antiquity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 350

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Aarhus University Press

Release: 2013

ISBN: 8771244123

Description: The basic premise of the book at hand is that there is meaning to be 'excavated' (in both meanings of the word) from Christian responses to pagan sculpture in the period from the fourth to the sixth century. More than mindless acts of religious violence by fanatical mobs, these responses are revelatory of contemporary conceptions of images and the different ways in which the material manifestations of the pagan past could be negotiated in Late Antiquity. Statues were important to the social, political and religious life of cities across the Mediterranean, as well as part of a culture of representation that was intricately bound to bodily taxonomies and visual practices.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Making and Breaking the Gods: Christian Responses to Pagan Sculpture in Late Antiquity. To get started finding Making and Breaking the Gods: Christian Responses to Pagan Sculpture in Late Antiquity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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