Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450

Name: Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450
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ISBN: 9780192842015

ISBN-10: 0192842013

ISBN-13: 9780192842015

Edition: 1998

Authors: JaÅ› Elsner

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This stimulating book offers an exciting new approach to the twin themes of the arts of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christian art. Beginning in the second century, with its rich revival of ancient learning and artistic practices, and ending in the fifth with Christian narrative and liturgical cycles and the pilgrimage arts, this book explores the art of the Roman Empire by tackling two inter-related periods of internal transformation: the 'Second Sophistic' (c. ad 100-300), and the era of late antiquity (c. ad 250-450). For the first time, these two themes are treated together, throwing a more penetrating light on the radical change undergone by the empire in becoming a Christian…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/19/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 316
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.30" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Ja#347; Elsner is Humfry Payne Senior Research Fellow at Corpus Christi College Oxford, Visiting Professor of Art History at the Unversity of Chicago and Senior Research Keeper at the British Museum. His publications include numerous articles and books including Imperial Rome and Christian triumph: the art of the Roman Empire A.D. 100-450 (1998) and Roman eyes: visuality and subjectivity in art and text (2007).



Preface



Introduction



Images and Power



A Visual Culture



Art and Imperial Power



Images and Society



Art and Social Life



Centre and Periphery



Art and Death



Images and Transformation



Art and the Past


Antiquarian Eclecticism



Art and Religion


Epilogue



Art and Culture


Cost, Value, and the Discourse of Art


Afterword


Some Futures of Christian Art


Notes


List of Illustrations


Bibliographic Essay


Timeline


Index