Picturing the Bible : the earliest Christian art / [edited by] Jeffrey Spier ; with contributions by Mary Charles-Murray, Johannes G. Deckers, Steven Fine, Robin M. Jensen, and Herbert L. Kessler.
Contributor(s): Spier, Jeffrey
| Charles-Murray, Mary | Deckers, Johannes Georg | Fine, Steven | Jensen, Robin M | Kessler, Herbert L | Kimbell Art Museum
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TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press ; Fort Worth : In Association with the Kimbell Art Museum, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: xv, 309 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 31 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300149340 (pbk.); 0300149344 (pbk.); 9780300116830 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0300116837 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780912804477 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0912804475 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Art, Early Christian | Art, Early Christian -- Exhibitions | Bible -- IllustrationsDDC classification: 704.9/48209015 LOC classification: N7832 | .P53 2007Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-300) and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the Kimbell Art Museum and shown there November 18, 2007 - March 30, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-300) and index.
The earliest Christian art : from personal salvation to imperial power / Jeffrey Spier -- Jewish art and Biblical exegesis in the Greco-Roman world / Steven Fine -- The emergence of Christian art / Mary Charles-Murray -- Early Christian images and exegesis / Robin M. Jensen -- Constantine the great and early Christian art / Johannes G. Deckers -- Bright gardens of paradise / Herbert L. Kessler -- The world made flesh in early decorated Bibles / Herbert L. Kessler -- Catalogue : The emergence of Christian art : Exegesis and the earliest Christian images -- Jewish symbols -- The path to salvation -- Christian empire : The life, passion, and resurrection of Christ -- The crucifixion -- The cross -- Apostolic succession and traditio legis -- Complex exegesis -- Illustrated Bibles -- Religious images as imperial messages.