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Face to face : portraits of the divine in early Christianity / Robin Margaret Jensen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jensen, Robin Margaret, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ--Art.
- Jesus Christ.
- God--Art.
- God.
- Saints in art.
- Art, Early Christian.
- Portraits, Roman.
- Genre:
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 234 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- - 100 b/w and color photographs of early Christian art- Covers both Bible and early Christian history
- Contents:
- Visual art, portraits, and idolatry
- Image and portrait in Roman culture and religion
- The invisible God and the visible image
- Seeing the divine in the fourth and early fifth centuries
- Portraits of the incarnate one
- Early portraits of the saints and the question of likeness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0800636783
- 0800660927
- OCLC:
- 55644881
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