Overview
In this pioneering study, the first of its kind, Galit Noga-Banai analyses silver reliquaries decorated with Christian figurative themes. She offers a clearer and more detailed picture of the beginnings of the cult of relics, which were an essential asset to the Church in its establishment of pilgrimage centres and local hagiographic heritage sites, first in Italy and later in other places around Europe and North Africa. At the same time, Noga-Banai highlights the identity of the objects as portable art, treating the reliquaries as visual historical testimonies. The book is illustrated with nearly 100 finely reproduced drawings and photographs.
Full Product Details
Author: Galit Noga-Banai (Teaching assistant in the Department of History of Art at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 19.50cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 25.20cm
Weight: 0.681kg
ISBN: 9780199217748
ISBN 10: 0199217742
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 24 April 2008
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
...excellent... * Jas'Elsner, (Corpus Christ College) Journal of Ecclesiastical History * ...impressively detailed and comprehensive...this monograph is highly valuable for its combination of detailed iconographical study with consideration of broader scholarship on early Christian art. * Lucy Grig Bryn Mawr Reviews * ...lavishly illustrated and well-produced book...A wonderful book that combines traditional art history with approaches used by cultural historians. * International Review of Biblical Studies * Well researched... to be commended for its serious undertaking of the mapping and study of the chronology of these early examples of Christian portable art. * Martina Bagnoli, Art History *
...lavishly illustrated and well-produced book...A wonderful book that combines traditional art history with approaches used by cultural historians. International Review of Biblical Studies ...impressively detailed and comprehensive...this monograph is highly valuable for its combination of detailed iconographical study with consideration of broader scholarship on early Christian art. Lucy Grig Bryn Mawr Reviews ...excellent... Jas'Elsner, (Corpus Christ College) Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Well researched... to be commended for its serious undertaking of the mapping and study of the chronology of these early examples of Christian portable art. Martina Bagnoli, Art History ...lavishly illustrated and well-produced book...A wonderful book that combines traditional art history with approaches used by cultural historians. International Review of Biblical Studies ...impressively detailed and comprehensive...this monograph is highly valuable for its combination of detailed iconographical study with consideration of broader scholarship on early Christian art. Lucy Grig Bryn Mawr Reviews ...excellent... Jas'Elsner, (Corpus Christ College) Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Author Information
Galit Noga-Banai is a teaching assistant in the Department of History of Art at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
