Building the Body of Christ - Christian Art, Identity, and Community in Late Antique Italy

Building the Body of Christ argues that monumental Christian art and architecture played a crucial role in the formation of new religious identities in late antique Italy. Bishops and their supporters employed the visual arts to articulate and encourage specific beliefs, practices, and values that shaped the emerging institutional church.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Early Christian Art and the Study of Late Antiquity
Chapter 2: Peter, Paul, and Constantina: Commemoration and Christianization in Fourth Century Rome
Chapter 3: Trajectories of Transformation: Walking the Mosaic Pavement of Aquileia's Cathedral
Chapter 4: Gathering the Ecclesial Flock in Ravenna's Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Epilogue: "Come and See" the Mosaics of Santa Maria Maggiore

About the author

By Daniel C. Cochran

Product details

• Authors: Daniel C. Cochran
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781978707702
• ISBN: 978-1-978707-70-2
• No. of pages: 298
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; European History, RELIGION / Christianity / History, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, Italy, Christianity, History of Religion, Relating to religious groups, Religious subjects depicted in art, Religious art, Architecture;Christianity;Late Antiquity;Liturgy