Understanding Early Christian Art

Lavishly illustrated, now in full colour, allowing students and scholars to clearly visualise early Christian art in a variety of media from mosaics and wall paintings to sculpted objects. Parallel text accompanies the images discussed in the book, making it accessible and user-friendly for both students and scholars. Interdisciplinary text with crossover between classics, religion, and art history, making it even more widely accessible to those working in a variety of subject areas. Comprehensive overview and analysis of early Christian art that categorises evidence according to their general iconographic type, allowing readers to understand important questions of visual culture, formal style, and the ways in which iconography is distinct from or shows parallels with contemporary documentary sources and literature.