The invisible God [[electronic resource] ] : the earliest Christians on art / / Paul Corby Finney
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| Autore: |
Finney Paul Corby
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| Titolo: |
The invisible God [[electronic resource] ] : the earliest Christians on art / / Paul Corby Finney
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 246/.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Art, Early Christian |
| Christian art and symbolism - To 500 | |
| Christianity and culture - History - Early church, ca. 30-600 | |
| Fathers of the church | |
| God (Christianity) - Knowableness - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-307) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Abbreviations; 1 The History of Interpretation; 2 The Apologists' Attack on Greek Art: History and Literature; 3 The Content of the Attack on Greek Art; 4 The Emperor's Image; 5 Christianity Before 200: Invisibility and Adaptation; 6 The Earliest Christian Art; 7 Invisible Divinity and Visible Religion; Selected Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This treatise refutes the assumption that early Christians were opposed in principle to visual images and thus did not produce art. It shows that once Christians acquired legal status and were able to own property and places of worship, they started to produce art as decoration. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The invisible God |
| ISBN: | 1-280-44341-3 |
| 9786610443413 | |
| 0-19-535956-9 | |
| 1-4237-5854-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450775903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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