The Dawn of Christian Art
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The Dawn of Christian Art examines the emergence and development of Christian visual culture through surviving artworks and historical evidence.
Thomas F. Matthews and Norman Muller challenge accounts that sharply separate ancient art from early Christian image practices.
They explore whether panel paintings and other images continued forms of cultic or devotional use from antiquity into Christianity.
The book addresses how imagery evolved, expanded, contracted, and acquired changing meanings across historical periods.
In the debate, it is cited as secular art-historical evidence relevant to the question of early Christian veneration of images.
Thomas F. Matthews and Norman Muller challenge accounts that sharply separate ancient art from early Christian image practices.
They explore whether panel paintings and other images continued forms of cultic or devotional use from antiquity into Christianity.
The book addresses how imagery evolved, expanded, contracted, and acquired changing meanings across historical periods.
In the debate, it is cited as secular art-historical evidence relevant to the question of early Christian veneration of images.
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