Making And Breaking The Gods

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This book explores how Christians in Late Antiquity interacted with the sculptural landscapes of cities and sanctuaries, revealing a range of responses from creative adaptations to outright iconoclasm. It offers a detailed look at how these reactions shaped cultural and societal changes influenced by Christianity.

Examining Christian engagement with pagan sculpture in Late Antiquity through a blend of textual and archaeological evidence.

Drawing on both written records and archaeological findings, this work investigates how Christians in Late Antiquity dealt with the sculptural environment around them. Their approaches varied widely, including inventive transformations as well as iconoclastic acts.

These responses to pagan sculptures provide valuable insight into how society and culture evolved under Christian influence. The book highlights how Christian reactions to pagan imagery continued a longstanding tradition of debating visual practices and the physical representation of the divine.

Focusing especially on Egypt and the Near East, the study argues that Christian responses were far more complex than mere destructive impulses. Instead, they must be understood within the broader context of social and political changes, alongside local traditions of artistic representation.

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