1st Edition
Late Antique Portraits and Early Christian Icons The Power of the Painted Gaze
By Andrew Paterson
Copyright 2022
228 Pages
10 Color & 61 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
10 Color & 61 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
228 Pages
10 Color & 61 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book focuses on the earliest surviving Christian icons, dated to the sixth and seventh centuries, which bear many resemblances to three other well-established genres of ‘sacred portrait’ also produced during late antiquity, namely Roman imperial portraiture, Graeco-Egyptian funerary portraiture and panel paintings depicting non-Christian deities.
Andrew Paterson addresses two... Read more
Introduction 1. The Production of Sacred Portraits (i): Techniques and Stylistic Variation 2. The Production of Sacred Portraits (ii): The Visualisation of the Prototype 3. The Reception of Sacred Portraits (i): Functions and Meanings of the Depicted Gaze 4. The Reception of Sacred Portraits (ii): Their Role in Spiritual Practice Conclusion
Biography
Andrew Paterson is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.
