Christian Art

Michelle P. Brown is Professor of Medievel Manuscript Studies at the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and former Curator of Medieval and Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library.

• IntroductionWhat is Christian Art?1. The Art of the Earliest ChristiansJudaic and Graeco-Roman Roots2. In the Sign of the CrossConstantine and the Entry of Christianity into the Social Mainstream3. Martyrs and MosaicsThe Early Churches of Italy4. The Christian OrientThe Christian Art of Palestine, Armenia, Georgia and Syria5. Out of AfricaThe Art of the Churches of Coptic Egypt, Ethiopia and Nubia6. The New RomeEmperor Justinian and Early Byzantine Art7. The Art of OrthodoxyByzantium and the Iconic TraditionIcons: An Icon Writer’s Perspective (Revd Regan O’Callaghan)8. The Rise of IslamIslam and Christian ArtChristian Art in Muslim Contexts (Professor Sheila S. Blair and Professor Jonathan M. Bloom)9. Barbarians!Art and the Re-conversion of the West10. The Art of ImperialismArt in the Carolingian and Ottonian Empires‘Words Passed Down’: Carolingian Pictures of Translation and Transmission (Professor Herbert L. Kessler)11. Roods, Rituals and Christian RuleLater Anglo-Saxon Art and the Benedictine Reform12. RomanesquePilgrims, Crusaders and European StyleMonastic Aesthetics and the Rise of Gothic Art (Professor Conrad Rudolph)13. Gothic14. Italian GothicArt and the Seeds of RebirthChristian Art and the Italian City-State (Dr Griffith Mann)15. The Cultural Life of the Italian City-StatesHumanists, Artists and the Rise of the RenaissanceManuscripts, Humanism and Patronage in Renaissance Florence (Dr Mark Evans)16. The Italian High RenaissanceMadonnas, Popes and PrincesBrazen Images and Sounding Brass: The Significance and Use of Bronze in Christian Contexts (Dr Victoria Avery)17. The Northern RenaissanceMerchants and Mysteries18. Keeping Your Head in Times of ChangeReformation, Resistance and the Rise of ProtestantismThe Dispute on Images During the Reformation and Counter-Reformation (Professor Iole Carlettini)19. Venice the SereneMercantile Meditation and the Cost of Sublime ArtFrom Counter-Reformation to Baroque: Aspects of the Arts in Rome (Professor Daniela Gallavotti Cavallero)20. Protestantism and the Catholic Counter-ReformationDomestic Piety, Mannerism and the Theatricality of the BaroqueRubens and the Theatre of the Counter-Reformation: Biblical Imagery made Flesh (Professor Michelle P. Brown)21. The Age of EnlightenmentRationalism, Neo-Classicism and the New ImperialismThe Rise of the Study of the History of Christian Art (Professor Nancy Netzer)22. Mysticism and Romanticism RebornBlake, the Ancients and the Art of NonconformityPermission, Prohibition, Patronage and Methodism: A Denomination Engages with Art (Dr Peter Forsaith)23. Faith and the Origins of North American ArtA New EdenReligious Folk Art (Professor Virginia Raguin)24. Industrial Innovation, Aesthetic NostalgiaRomanticism, Pre-Raphaelitism and the Rediscovery of Medievalism25. Art for a New AgeThe Realists, Impressionists and Symbolists26. The Shock of the NewMechanization, Expressionism, Spiritual Realism and the Origins of AbstractionJewish Artists, Christian Themes (Emily D. Bilski)27. The Impact of ModernityDestruction, Creation, Abstraction28. The Impact of the Second World War29. The Journey ContinuesEarth Art: Landscape, Art and Eco-Theology30. Innovation and TraditionSearching for the Spiritual in Contemporary ArtThe Scribe Speaks: Making the St John’s Bible (Donald Jackson)31. Quo Vadis?Where do we go from here?Christianity and Contemporary Art in North America: The CIVA Case Study (Dr James Romaine)32. Some Concluding ThoughtsReferencesGlossary