دانلود کتاب Understanding Early Christian Art (Understanding the Ancient World)

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Cover\nHalf Title\nSeries\nTitle\nCopyright\nContents\nDedication\nList of Figures\nAcknowledgements\nPreface\n1 Overview of the Evidence and Methodological Questions\n Preliminary Considerations\n Chronology\n Geographical and Physical Context, Media, and Materials\n Subjects: Characters and Contents\n Artistic Style and Technique\n Workshops and Clients\n The Myth of Early Christian Aniconism\n Pagan Prototypes: Syncretism or Adaptation?\n Text and Image\n Conclusion\n2 Early Christian Symbols\n Birds\n Doves\n Peacocks\n The Phoenix\n Anchors and Boats\n Grapevines and Vintaging\n Fish and Fishers\n The Banquet\n Praying Figures\n The Shepherd and His Flock\n Conclusion\n3 Biblical Stories in Early Christian Art\n The Prominence of Hebrew Scripture Subjects\n A Jewish Source Hypothesis\n Prayers for the Dead as the Key to the Iconography\n The Social Context as Underlying the Subject Selection\n Visual Exegesis, Part 1: Prophecy and Fulfilment\n The Hospitality of Abraham\n The Three Hebrew Youths\n The Jonah Cycle\n Visual Exegesis, Part 2: Sacramental Symbolism\n Moses Parting the Sea and Striking the Rock\n The Woman at the Well\n Conclusion\n4 From Christ the Miracle Worker and Teacher to Christ the King and Lawgiver\n Jesus as Wonderworker, Divine Healer, and Life Restorer\n Jesus the Wonderworker\n Jesus the Magician?\n Jesus’s Staff\n Jesus the Divine Healer\n The Imposition of Hands\n The Diminutive Recipients\n Jesus the Revivifier\n Jesus the Teacher\n The Enthroned God\n The Adoration of the Magi\n Jesus Entering Jerusalem\n Jesus Giving the Law\n Conclusion\n5 Depicting the Divine: Jesus and the Holy Trinity\n Prototypes for an Image of Christ\n Orpheus\n Helios/Sol Invictus\n The Bearded God\n Variations on a Theme\n The Christological Implications of Jesus’s Depictions\n The Trinity—God the Father and the Holy Spirit\n The Symbolic Trinity\n The Manus Dei and the Dove\n The Anthropomorphic Trinity\n From Narrative Scenes to Holy Portraits\n The True Image\n Conclusion\n6 Jesus’s Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension\n Cross Shapes\n Possible Early Cross Figures\n Papyrus Staurograms\n Earliest Crucifixion Depictions\n The Alexamenos Graffito\n Gems With Crucifixion Scenes\n Fourth-Century Passion Sarcophagi\n Fifth-Century Crucifixion Images\n Examples From the Sixth Century and Later\n Pilgrimage Tokens\n Reliquaries\n Depictions of Jesus’s Resurrection\n Images of the Ascension\n Conclusion\nBibliography\nIndex of Subjects\nIndex of Modern Authors (excluding footnotes)\nIndex of Ancient Authors