Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450.(Review)

The Christian Century | August 25, 1999| | Copyright

Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450.

By Jas Eisner. Oxford University Press, 297 pp., $16. 95 paperback.

These rich and fascinating resources explore the first few centuries of Christian art in the context of the culture of Rome and its provinces, imperial religious ceremonies and competing cults. Jas Eisner, lecturer in the history of art at London's Courtauld Institute, provides maps, timeline, more than 150 plates, and a careful text detailing the role of the visual arts in the Roman Empire of the "Second ...

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