| The Clash of Gods: A Reinterpretation of Early Christian Art - Revised and Expanded Edition Revised and Exp Edition Contributor(s): Mathews, Thomas F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691009392 ISBN-13: 9780691009391 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $55.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1999 Annotation: "This book presents an up-to-date and original survey of Early Christian art and its origins, and attacks the current idea of continuity between the Roman emperor cult and the art of the early church. Conservative readers may well be shocked by this lucid but utterly unconventional presentation of an often treated subject. I find Thomas Mathews's work convincing and impressive."--Hugo Buchthal "Not only does Mathews present bold arguments that I find persuasive, but his book is exciting to read. He removes the images of Christ from the iconography of the emperor and puts them into the far more plausible context of late antique teachers and wonder-workers."--G. W. Bowersock |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Subjects & Themes - Religious - Art | History - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 709.021 |
| LCCN: 98-51583 |
| Series: Princeton Paperbacks |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.4" W x 9.9" (1.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Between the third and sixth centuries, the ancient gods, goddesses, and heroes who had populated the imagination of humankind for a millennium were replaced by a new imagery of Christ and his saints. Thomas Mathews explores the many different, often surprising, artistic images and religious interpretations of Christ during this period. He challenges the accepted theory of the Emperor Mystique, which, interpreting Christ as king, derives the vocabulary of Christian art from the propagandistic imagery of the Roman emperor. This revised edition contains a new preface by the author and a new chapter on the origin and development of icons in private domestic cult. |