Face to Face
Subtitle: Portaits of the Divine in Early Christianity
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Published: November 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780800660925
Subjects: Religion - Church History; Jesus Christ; God; Subjects & Themes - Religious; Religion; Saints in art; Christian institutions & organizations; History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; History of religion; Photography & Photographs; Religion & Beliefs; Christianity - History - General; History; Art; Art, Early Christian; God (Christianity)
First sentence: FOR THE MOST PART,existing examples of Christian visual art come from Rome and date to the beginning of the third century C.E., a time when Roman Christians were enjoying a brief respite from the widespread but sporadic persecutions they had suffered during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (160-180).