Overview

This study deals with the representation of Christ's healing miracles in early Christian sepulchral art from Provence and Northern Italy. It sees the imagery through the contemporary exegetical writings and tries to uncover new strata of symbolic significance in early Christian art. The aim of the work is to reveal the complex theological concepts reflected in the relief decoration of a small number of late 4th-century sarcophagi and to cast light upon the spiritual climate of the sphere the persons who commissioned them were part of. The book also links the narrative structure of representations of medical treatment and miracle scenes in ancient art with the Christian images and establishes formal and icongraphic connexions.

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Author:   David Knipp
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   37
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9789004108622

ISBN 10:   9004108629
Pages:   246
Publication Date:   26 August 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   German

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' Ce beau travail contribute une meilleue compihension des logiques de la culture chritienne ancienne, selon sa dynamique d'ensemble.'<br>Pierre Vallin, recherches de Sciences Religieuse, 2002.<br>

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"Philip David Ezra Knipp, Ph.D. (1995) in Art History, University of Hamburg, is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Warburg Institute, University of London. He has published articles on early Christian and Byzantine art including An ""Early Christian"" Terracotta Altar, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes LIX, 1996."

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