Invisible god, the: the earliest christians on art
Auteur :
Finney, Paul Corby
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195082524
Date de publication :
13 oct. 1994
Dimensions :
23,8 x 16,2 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
735 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This treatise refutes the assumption that early Christians were opposed in principle to visual images and thus did not produce art. It shows that once Christians acquired legal status and were able to own property and places of worship, they started to produce art as decoration.