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This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods. Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished the invention of the apse image: on the one hand there were statues in apses of pagan temples and imperial cult rooms that were venerated during cult ceremonies; on the other hand, there were apse mosaics in nymphaea where aquatic myths and figures celebrated the amenities of water. Christian apse mosaics originated within this context and in spite of the Old Testament prohibition of the image. Mosaics and frescoes in apses of cult rooms generated very particular effects, evoking in the viewer respect, admiration, awe and even veneration. The capacity of the image to have an impact on the viewer could not be decreed by the Church, but was an affair manifested more or less casually according to the inventive power of the artist. This book explores the interactions between the various image-media during the early Christian and early Byzantine periods; it particularly investigates the participation of the viewer and of the patron.

Apses (Architecture) --- Art, Early Christian --- Art, Byzantine --- Image (Theology) --- Idols and images --- Christian art and symbolism --- Art and religion --- Space (Art) --- Space (Architecture) --- Mural painting and decoration, Early Christian --- Mural painting and decoration, Byzantine --- Absides --- Art paléochrétien --- Art byzantin --- Image (Théologie) --- Idoles et images --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Art et religion --- Espace (Art) --- Espace (Architecture) --- Peinture et décoration murales paléochrétiennes --- Peinture et décoration murales byzantines --- Themes, motives. --- Worship. --- History --- Thèmes, motifs --- Culte --- Histoire --- Mary, --- Art --- Marie, --- Art paléochrétien --- Image (Théologie) --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Peinture et décoration murales paléochrétiennes --- Peinture et décoration murales byzantines --- Thèmes, motifs --- Peinture et décoration murales paléochrétiennes. --- Idoles et images. --- Art.