Patrons and viewers in late antiquity / edited by Stine Birk and Birte Poulsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birk, Stine

Contributor:

Birk, Stine, editor.

Poulsen, Birte, editor.

Series:

Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity (ASMA), 1399-2686 ; 10

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Art, Ancient--Congresses.

Art, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Place of Publication:

Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, [2012]

Language Note:

Contributions in English; one in German.

Summary:

"This book contains a collection of papers that focuses on the way patrons, pagan as well as Christian, conveyed messages through material and visual culture and on the reception by the viewers. The contributions investigate how patrons of luxurious buildings, elaborate grave monuments, and churches used architecture, images, and inscriptions to demonstrate political, social, and religious power. The visual arts were a strong factor in communicating identity and attitudes both in the public and private spheres also in Late Antiquity"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Ehrenstatuen in spätantiken Häusern Roms / Ulrich Gehn

Miraculous bodies: Christian viewers and the transformation of 'pagan' sculpture in late antiquity / Troels Myrup Kristensen

Patrons, viewers, and statues in late antique baths / Lea Stirling

Invisible sarcophagi: coffin and viewer in the late imperial age / Katharina Meinecke

Sarcophagi, self-representation, and patronage in Rome and Tyre / Stine Birk

Inscriptions in the late antique private house: some thoughts about their function and distribution / Veronika Scheibelreiter-Gail

Patrons and viewers: reading mosaics in late antiquity / Birte Poulsen

Fourth-century villas in the Coin Valley, Gloucestershire: identifying patrons and viewers / Sarah Scott

Patrons and viewers in late antique Greece: from houses and villas to early Christian churches / Arja Karivieri

Bishop and believers

patrons and viewers: appropriating the Roman patron saints Peter and Paul in Constantinople / Gitte Lonstrup Dal Santo

Patrons and viewers of mosaic pavements in religious buildings in Jordan and Palestine / Mette Low Sorensen

The Arch of Constantine : who saw what? / Siri Sande

Spolia, milestones and city walls: the politics of imperial legitimacy in Gaul / Hendrik Dey.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"This volume presents the proceedings of a conference on Patrons and viewers in Late Antiquity held at Aarhus University in October 2008"--Page 7.

ISBN:

9788771244175

8771244174

OCLC:

1109724820