The Clash of Gods : : A Reinterpretation of Early Christian Art - Revised and Expanded Edition / / Thomas F. Mathews.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Mathews, Thomas F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 129 halftones 16 color plates
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; PREFACE --; CHAPTER ONE The Mistake of the Emperor Mystique --; CHAPTER TWO The Chariot and the Donkey --; CHAPTER THREE The Magician --; CHAPTER FOUR Larger-than-Life --; CHAPTER FIVE Christ Chameleon --; CHAPTER SIX Convergence --; CHAPTER SEVEN The Intimate Icon --; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS --; NOTES --; LIST OF FIGURES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691246994; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691246994
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Thomas F. Mathews.

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.