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Foucault's Heterotopia in Christian Catacombs
E. Smith
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Description for Foucault's Heterotopia in Christian Catacombs
Paperback. The catacombs of Rome have captured imaginations for centuries. This innovative study takes a fresh look at these underground spaces, and considers how art, space, texts, and practices can tell us more about the catacombs and the people who dug and decorated them. Series: Religion and Spatial Studies. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRAX; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
The catacombs of Rome have captured imaginations for centuries. This innovative study takes a fresh look at these underground spaces, and considers how art, space, texts, and practices can tell us more about the catacombs and the people who dug and decorated them.
The catacombs of Rome have captured imaginations for centuries. This innovative study takes a fresh look at these underground spaces, and considers how art, space, texts, and practices can tell us more about the catacombs and the people who dug and decorated them.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Series
Religion and Spatial Studies
Number of Pages
203
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349500130
SKU
V9781349500130
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Ref
99-15
About E. Smith
Eric C. Smith is Visiting Assistant Professor of the History of Christianity and New Testament Studies at the Iliff School of Theology, USA.
Reviews for Foucault's Heterotopia in Christian Catacombs
"This clearly structured and engagingly written work presents an original methodology that combines examination of space, art, texts, and practices in an effort to understand more fully the Catacomb of Callistus and its paintings, especially those in the Cubicula of the Sacraments, in their multiple contexts. I was glad to accept the author's imaginative opening invitation to walk with 'Callistus' ... Read more