Pottery, Pavements, and Paradise Iconographic and Textual Studies on Late Antiquity
New perspectives are provided on late antique cults, popular entertainment, and the decoration of Christian churches through a fresh look at Christian writings, popular ceramics, and elite works of mosaic, metalwork, and marble sculpture.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL
2013.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30726396*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Courtyards, Vessels, and Washing Rituals in the Greek-Speaking EastArchaeological Evidence; Chapter Two. Thecla the Beast Fighter: A Female Emblem of Deliverance in Early Christian Popular Art; Early Christian Images on North African Pottery; Domina Victoria; DOMINA: Who Was That Lady?; Word and Image; The Company She Keeps; Compassionate Conservatism?; A Glimmer of Hope?; Avoiding Misunderstandings; Acknowledgements; Chapter Three. ""Two Men in White"" Observations on an Early Christian Lamp from North Africa with the Ascension of Christ; The Lamp; Changing Visions of the Ascension.
- Eastern or Western?Augustine and the Ascension; The Ascension and the Second Coming; Conclusion; Chapter Four. Anicius Auchenius Bassus, African Red Slip Ware, and the Church; The Object; Identifying the Consul; Dating the Cover; Chapter Five. The Sphinx: An Egyptian Theological Symbol in Plutarch and Clement of Alexandria; Introduction; The Interpretative Problem; Symbolic Interpretations in Ancient Writers; Greek Sphinxes in Religious Settings; Early Metaphorical Interpretations of the Sphinx: Sphinx and Sibyl; Sphinxes in Roman Temples; Clementine Sphinxes in Roman Imperial Times.
- Interpreting a Being with Two NaturesSphinxes after Clement; Chapter Six. Clement of Alexandria, Acrobats, and the Elite; Clement's Historicity: Information on His Life; Acrobats in Ancient Sources; Clement's Treatment of the Traditional Theme; Wealth and Poverty in Other Works of Clement; Conclusion: Back to the Acrobats; Chapter Seven. Celsus' Competing Heroes: Jonah, Daniel, and their Rivals; Introduction; Competing Heroes in a Passage from Celsus; Jonah and Daniel; Jonah and Daniel in Early Christian Art and Ceramics; Orpheus, a Miracle-Worker Acceptable to All Sides.
- Asklepios, a Hero with a Widespread CultCelsus' Unpopular Proposals, Anaxarchos, Epiktetos, and the Sibyl; Herakles, an Artistic Competitor; Chapter Eight. Divine Twins or Saintly Twins: The Dioscuri in an Early Christian Context; The Myth; The Dioscuri on North African Ceramics; The Dioscuri and Their Roman Identification; Divine Twins or Saintly Twins?; Chapter Nine. The Saga of Peter and Paul: Emblems of Catholic Identity in Christian Literature and Art; A Memorable Exhibition on Early Christian Art; Peter and Paul in Rome; Peter and Paul in North Africa; Conclusion.
