Invisible god, the: the earliest christians on art
Auteur :
Finney, Paul Corby
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195113815
Date de publication :
6 nov. 1997
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
590 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In this text, the author refutes the traditional assumption that early Christians were opposed in principle to visual images and thus produced no art. He asserts that once Christians acquired legal status and were able to own property and places of worship, they produced art to decorate them.