The Clash of Gods : : A Reinterpretation of Early Christian Art - Revised and Expanded Edition / / 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 interpre...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©1993 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 129 halftones 16 color plates |
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Table of Contents:
- 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