Vision and Image in Early Christian England

Klappentext This 1999 book examine the interaction of the visual arts and religion in early Christian England. Zusammenfassung Professor Henderson's highly illustrated 1999 book investigates the ways in which the English! in the two centuries following their conversion to Christianity! expressed their new convictions about this world! and the next! and identifies the positive role of art in a society constantly afflicted by wars and epidemics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: approaches to images in the early Christian world; 2. Secular impulses towards the Insular manuscript style; 3. Christian art: influx and impact; 4. The colour purple: a late-antique phenomenon and its Anglo-Saxon reflexes; 5. Holy men and heavenly beings; 6. Incentives towards artistic production in early Christian England: some case histories.

Product details

• Authors: George Henderson, George L. Henderson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.2011
• EAN: 9780521180733
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18073-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; England, ART / History / General, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, ART / European, History of Art, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Religious subjects depicted in art, Religious and ceremonial art