Naslov
Writing History, Shaping Images in Later Roman Empire

Autori
Milinović, Dino

Izvornik
Ikon (Rijeka) (1846-8551) 5 (2012); 15-28

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Later Roman Empire ; emperor ; paganism ; Christianity ; iconography ; historiography

Sažetak
Arnoldo Momigliano drew our attention on the fact that Christians in Late Antiquity did not try to Christianize ordinary political history, i.e. the imperial realm. Indeed, history writing, all the way to Procopius, remained staunchly traditional. A similar phenomenon is present in visual arts. The absence of Christian themes and symbols on Constantine’s triumphal arch in Rome has often been understood as a proof of Constantine’s phony conversion to Christianity. However, if we look closer at the iconography of imperial art during the 4th century we shall discover that it rarely, if ever, puts an emphasis on religious convictions of the ruler (which may have been taken for granted).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest, Povijest umjetnosti

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