Picturing the Bible : the earliest Christian art
(2007)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
704.9482/PICTURING
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New Haven : Yale University Press ; Fort Worth : In association with the Kimbell Art Museum, [2007]
©2007
©2007
DESCRIPTION
xv, 309 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 32 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780300116830 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0300116837 (hardcover : alk. paper), 9780912804477 (pbk. : alk. paper), 0912804475 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the Kimbell Art Museum and shown there November 18, 2007 - March 30, 2008
The earliest Christian art : from personal salvation to imperial power / Jeffrey Spier -- Jewish art and biblical exegesis in the Greco-Roman world / Steven Fine -- The emergence of Christian art / Mary Charles-Murray -- Early Christian images and exegesis / Robin M. Jensen -- Constantine the Great and early Christian art / Johannes G. Deckers -- Bright gardens of paradise / Herbert L. Kessler -- The word made flesh in early decorated Bibles / Herbert L. Kessler