Mystery cults in visual representation in Graeco-Roman antiquity
"Mystery Cults in Visual Representation in Graeco-Roman Antiquity aims to fill a gap in the study of mystery cults in Graeco-Roman Antiquity by focusing on images for investigating their ritual praxis. N. Belayche and F. Massa have gathered experts on visual language in order to illuminate cult...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês Francês |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publicado em: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
[2021]
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| Em: |
Religions in the Graeco-Roman world (volume 194)
Ano: 2021 |
| Volumes / Artigos: | Mostrar volumes / artigos. |
| Coletânea / Revista: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman world
volume 194 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Grécia (Antiguidade)
/ Römisches Reich
/ Culto
/ Representação
/ História 500 a.C.-500
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Rome
Religião
B Mysteries, Religious, in art B Coletânea de artigos B Mysteries, Religious (Rome) B Cults (Rome) |
| Acesso em linha: |
Sumário |
| Parallel Edition: | Recurso Electrónico
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| Resumo: | "Mystery Cults in Visual Representation in Graeco-Roman Antiquity aims to fill a gap in the study of mystery cults in Graeco-Roman Antiquity by focusing on images for investigating their ritual praxis. N. Belayche and F. Massa have gathered experts on visual language in order to illuminate cultic rituals renowned for both their "mysteries" and their images. This book tackles three interrelated questions. Focusing on the cult of Dionysus, it analyses whether, and how, images are used to depict mystery cults. The relationship between historiography and images of mystery cults is considered with a focus on the Mithraic and Isiac cults. Finally, turning to the cults of Dionysus and the Mother of the Gods, this works shows how depictions of specific cultic objects succeed in expressing mystery cults"-- |
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| Descrição do item: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004439323 |