Imagining the divine : art and the rise of world religions / Jaś Elsner, Stefanie Lenk [and others]...
Imagining the divine : art and the rise of world religions / Jaś Elsner, Stefanie Lenk [and others]...
Imagining the divine : art and the rise of world religions / Jaś Elsner, Stefanie Lenk [and others].
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Oxford : Ashmolean Museum, 2017.
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GQ 2018/0059
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English
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Physical content
232 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Oxford : Ashmolean Museum, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
Religion has always been a fundamental force for constructing identity, from antiquity to the contemporary world. The transformation of ancient cults into faith systems, which we recognise now as major world religions, took place in the first millennium AD, in the period we call 'Late Antiquity'. Our argument is that the creative impetus for both t...
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Imagining the divine : art and the rise of world religions / Jaś Elsner, Stefanie Lenk [and others].
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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GQ 2018/0059
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74VKVG45w4qO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVG45w4qO
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ISBN
9781910807187 paperback
1910807184 paperback
DDC
704.948
MMS ID
991024155714402626
