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"From Idols to Icons tells the fascinating history of the dramatic shift in Christian attitudes toward sacred images from the third through the early seventh century. From attacks on the cult images of polytheism to the emergence of Christian narrative iconography to the appearance of portrait type representations of holy figures, this book examines the primary theological critiques as well as defenses of holy images in light of the surviving material evidence for early Christian visual art. Aga
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- Author
- Robin Margaret Jensen
- Publisher
- University of California Press,University of California Press
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520975736
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Art, Religion, Christian
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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