TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mathews,Thomas F.
TI  - The Clash of Gods: A Reinterpretation of Early Christian Art - Revised and Expanded Edition 
SN  - 9780691246994
U1  - 709.0212 
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - ART / History / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691246994
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691246994
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