What prompted the first Christians to experiment with the use of a figurative language? When is it possible to date the birth of the oldest “Christian imagery”? How should the most archaic Christian visual documentation be “read”? Is there a relationship between these figures and the biblical scriptures, between these images and the first so-called exegetical “patristic” traditions? This book tries to answer these questions by discussing a critical methodology for interpreting and studying early Christian visual culture. Through the analysis of different case studies - literary and figurative -, this book discloses a new perspective on the first “Christian art”, describing its nature and purposes, proving its originality and religious specificity and illustrating its extraordinary documentary potential for the reconstruction of Christian origins.
L'iconografia cristiana delle origini come storia dell'esegesi. Un'ermeneutica codificata / G. Pelizzari. - Milano : Paoline Editoriale Libri, 2022. - ISBN 9788831554503. (LETTURE CRISTIANE DEL PRIMO MILLENNIO)
L'iconografia cristiana delle origini come storia dell'esegesi. Un'ermeneutica codificata
G. Pelizzari
2022
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What prompted the first Christians to experiment with the use of a figurative language? When is it possible to date the birth of the oldest “Christian imagery”? How should the most archaic Christian visual documentation be “read”? Is there a relationship between these figures and the biblical scriptures, between these images and the first so-called exegetical “patristic” traditions? This book tries to answer these questions by discussing a critical methodology for interpreting and studying early Christian visual culture. Through the analysis of different case studies - literary and figurative -, this book discloses a new perspective on the first “Christian art”, describing its nature and purposes, proving its originality and religious specificity and illustrating its extraordinary documentary potential for the reconstruction of Christian origins.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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