The routledge handbook of early christian art / edited by Robin M. Jensen and Mark D. Ellison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ellison, Mark D. (Mark David), 1968- editor.

Jensen, Robin Margaret, 1952- editor.

Taylor & Francis.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian art and symbolism--History.

Christian art and symbolism.

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 pages) : 236 illustrations

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art surveys a broad spectrum of Christian art produced from the late second to the sixth centuries. The first part of the book opens with a general survey of the subject and then presents fifteen essays that discuss specific media of visual art-catacomb paintings, sculpture, mosaics, gold glass, gems, reliquaries, ceramics, icons, ivories, textiles, silver, and illuminated manuscripts. Each is written by a noted expert in the field. The second part of the book takes up themes relevant to the study of early Christian art. These seven chapters consider the ritual practices in decorated spaces, the emergence of images of Christ's Passion and miracles, the functions of Christian secular portraits, the exemplary mosaics of Ravenna, the early modern history of Christian art and archaeology studies, and further reflection on this field called “early Christian art.” Each of the volume's chapters includes photographs of many of the objects discussed, plus bibliographic notes and recommendations for further reading.

Contents:

chapter 1 Introduction

Early Christian art / Robin M. Jensen

part I Media

chapter 2 Catacomb Painting and the Rise of Christian Iconography in Funerary Art / Norbert Zimmermann

chapter 3 Christian Sarcophagi from Rome / Jutta Dresken-Weiland

chapter 4 Early Christian Sarcophagi Outside of Rome / Guntram Koch

chapter 5 Freestanding Sculpture / Heidi J. Hornik

chapter 6 Christian Wall Mosaics and the Creation of Sacred Space / Sean V. Leatherbury

chapter 7 Christian Floor Mosaics

Modes of study and potential meanings / Rina Talgam

chapter 8 Gold-Glass in Late Antiquity / Susan Walker

chapter 9 Engraved Gems and Amulets / Jeffrey Spier

chapter 10 Reliquaries and the Cult of Relics in Late Antiquity / Erik Thunø

chapter 11 Ceramics in the Early Christian World / John J. Herrmann

chapter 12 Panel Paintings and Early Christian Icons / Katherine Marsengill

chapter 13 Christian Ivories

Containment, manipulation, and the creation of meaning / Niamh Bhalla

chapter 14 Textiles

The emergence of a Christian identity in cloth / Jennifer L. Ball

chapter 15 Early Christian Silver

Sacred and domestic / Ruth Leader-Newby

chapter 16 Early Christian Illuminated Manuscripts / Dorothy Verkerk

part II Themes

chapter 17 Early Christian Art and Ritual / Michael Peppard

chapter 18 Picturing the Passion / Felicity Harley-McGowan

chapter 19 Miracles and Art / Lee M. Jefferson

chapter 20 “Secular” Portraits, Identity, and the Christianization of the Roman Household / Mark D. Ellison

chapter 21 The Mosaics of Ravenna / Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis

chapter 22 Early Christian Art and Archaeology in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Rome / Janet Huskinson

chapter 23 “Early” “Christian” “Art” / Robert Couzin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781315718835

OCLC:

1012347498

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.