Item Number: 122471 Title: Making and Breaking the Gods : Christian Responses to Pagan Sculpture in Late Antiquity Author: Christensen, Troels Myrup Price: Not Available ISBN: 9788771240894 Description: Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2013. 24cm., hardcover, 350pp. illus. Summary: 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. (Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity ASMA, 12) We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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