Christianity, Art and Transformation
Subtitle: Theological Aesthetics in the Struggle for Justice
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 29, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780521772051
Subjects: Art styles not limited by date; Christianity; Religious subjects depicted in art; Religion; Religion - Theology; Christianity - General; Theology; Religion / Christianity; Christianity and art; Art and society
First sentence: When Christianity became the dominant religion of the Roman Empire in the fourth century, the bishops of Rome insisted on the destruction of pagan works of art on the grounds that they were idolatrous.