The monumentality and the often rich embellishment of late antique buildings and monuments emphasises their importance to the patrons that commissioned them. However, the understanding and interpretation of the message conveyed may often be obtained through the study of the other important agent, namely the viewer.This book contains a collection of papers that focuses on the way patrons, pagan as well as Christian, conveyed messages through material and visual culture and on the reception by the viewers. The contributions investigate how patrons of luxurious buildings, elaborate grave monuments, and churches used architecture, images, and inscriptions to demonstrate political, social, and religious power. The visual arts were a strong factor in communicating identity and attitudes both in the public and private spheres also in Late Antiquity.

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Information

Publisher

Aarhus University Press

Year

2012

ISBN

9788771244175

Topic

History

Subtopic

Ancient History

Index

History

Cover
Title Page
Colophon
Contents
Introduction
Stine Birk & Birte Poulsen
Ehrenstatuen in spätantiken Häusern Roms
Ulrich Gehn
Miraculous Bodies: Christian Viewers and the Transformation of ‘Pagan’ Sculpture in Late Antiquity
Troels Myrup Kristensen
Patrons, Viewers, and Statues in Late Antique Baths
Lea Stirling
Invisible Sarcophagi: Coffin and Viewer in the Late Imperial Age
Katharina Meinecke
Sarcophagi, Self-Representation, and Patronage in Rome and Tyre
Stine Birk
Inscriptions in the Late Antique Private House: Some Thoughts about their Function and Distribution
Veronika Scheibelreiter-Gail
Patrons and Viewers: Reading Mosaics in Late Antiquity
Birte Poulsen
Fourth-Century Villas in the Coln Valley, Gloucestershire: Identifying Patrons and Viewers
Sarah Scott
Patrons and Viewers in Late Antique Greece: From Houses and Villas to Early Christian Churches
Arja Karivieri
Bishop and Believers – Patrons and Viewers: Appropriating the Roman Patron Saints Peter and Paul in Constantinople
Gitte Lønstrup Dal Santo
Patrons and Viewers of Mosaic Pavements in Religious Buildings in Jordan and Palestine
Mette Low Sørensen
The Arch of Constantine – Who Saw What?
Siri Sande
Spolia, Milestones and City Walls: The Politics of Imperial Legitimacy in Gaul
Hendrik Dey
Index – Geographical
Index – Names and sources