Late Antique Portraits and Early Christian Icons - The Power of the Painted Gaze

This book focuses on the earliest surviving Christian icons, dated to the sixth and seventh centuries, which resemble three other well-established genres of `sacred portrait¿ also produced during late antiquity, namely Roman imperial portraiture, Greco-Egyptian funerary portraiture and panel-paintings depicting non-Christian deities.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Production of Sacred Portraits (i): Techniques and Stylistic Variation 2. The Production of Sacred Portraits (ii): The Visualisation of the Prototype 3. The Reception of Sacred Portraits (i): Functions and Meanings of the Depicted Gaze 4. The Reception of Sacred Portraits (ii): Their Role in Spiritual Practice Conclusion

About the author

Andrew Paterson is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.

Summary

This book focuses on the earliest surviving Christian icons, dated to the sixth and seventh centuries, which resemble three other well-established genres of ‘sacred portrait’ also produced during late antiquity, namely Roman imperial portraiture, Greco-Egyptian funerary portraiture and panel-paintings depicting non-Christian deities.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Paterson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9780367697563
• ISBN: 978-0-367-69756-3
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Routledge Research in Art and Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, Religion: general, History of Art, Painting & paintings, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient religions & mythologies, Art styles not defined by date, Paintings and painting, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology, Ancient religions and Mythologies, The arts: general topics