Title Patrons and viewers in late antiquity / edited by Stine Birk & Birte Poulsen

Published Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans Series Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity (ASMA), 1399-2686 ; 10 Aarhus studies in Mediterranean antiquity ; 10. Contents Ehrenstatuen in spätantiken Häusern Roms / Ulrich Gehn -- Miraculous bodies: Christian viewers and the transformation of 'pagan' sculpture in late antiquity / Troels Myrup Kristensen -- Patrons, viewers, and statues in late antique baths / Lea Stirling -- Invisible sarcophagi: coffin and viewer in the late imperial age / Katharina Meinecke -- Sarcophagi, self-representation, and patronage in Rome and Tyre / Stine Birk -- Inscriptions in the late antique private house: some thoughts about their function and distribution / Veronika Scheibelreiter-Gail -- Patrons and viewers: reading mosaics in late antiquity / Birte Poulsen -- Fourth-century villas in the Coin Valley, Gloucestershire: identifying patrons and viewers / Sarah Scott -- Patrons and viewers in late antique Greece: from houses and villas to early Christian churches / Arja Karivieri --Bishop and believers -- patrons and viewers: appropriating the Roman patron saints Peter and Paul in Constantinople / Gitte Lønstrup Dal Santo -- Patrons and viewers of mosaic pavements in religious buildings in Jordan and Palestine / Mette Low Sørensen -- The Arch of Constantine : who saw what? / Siri Sande -- Spolia, milestones and city walls: the politics of imperial legitimacy in Gaul / Hendrik Dey Summary "This book contains a collection of papers that focuses on the way patrons, pagan as well as Christian, conveyed messages through material and visual culture and on the reception by the viewers. The contributions investigate how patrons of luxurious buildings, elaborate grave monuments, and churches used architecture, images, and inscriptions to demonstrate political, social, and religious power. The visual arts were a strong factor in communicating identity and attitudes both in the public and private spheres also in Late Antiquity"--Page 4 of cover Notes "This volume presents the proceedings of a conference on Patrons and viewers in Late Antiquity held at Aarhus University in October 2008"--Page 7 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Contributions in English; one in German Print version record Subject Art, Ancient -- Congresses Art patronage -- Congresses Art, Greek -- Themes, motives -- Congresses Art, Roman -- Themes, motives -- Congresses Art, Early Christian -- Themes, motives -- Congresses HISTORY / Ancient / General Art, Ancient Art, Early Christian -- Themes, motives Art, Greek -- Themes, motives Art patronage Art, Roman -- Themes, motives Macht Patronage Architektur Ausstattung Darstellung Spätantike Spätantike Architektur Römisches Reich Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Birk, Stine Poulsen, Birte ISBN 9788771244175 8771244174

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