Philip Kiernan: Roman Cult Images

Cover: 9781108720090 | Roman Cult Images | Philip Kiernan | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026

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In this book, Philip Kiernan explores how cult images functioned in Roman temples from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity in the Roman west. He demonstrates how and why a temple's idols, were more important to ritual than other images such as votive offerings and decorative sculpture. These idols were seen by many to be divine and possessed of agency. They were, thus, the primary focus of worship. Aided by cross-cultural comparative material, Kiernan's study brings a biographical approach to explore the 'lives' of idols and cult images - how they were created, housed in temples, used and worshipped, and eventually destroyed or buried. He also shows how the status of cult images could change, how new idols and other cult images were being continuously created, and how, in each phase of their lives, we find evidence for the significant power of idols.

Über den Autor

Philip Kiernan is Associate Professor of Art History at Kennesaw State University, Georgia. He is the author of Miniature Votive Offerings (2009) and has also published numerous articles on Roman art, artefacts, numismatics, and religion. His archaeological excavations have included a Hellenistic-Roman market building at Alexandria Troas, a Bronze-Iron Age tumulus at Haßloch, and most recently a Romano-Celtic temple at Wareswald.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The birth of cult images: early Rome and the Iron Age; 2. The birth of cult images: continuity and innovation in the Imperial Period; 3. Idols at home; 4. Idols in action; 5. The end of idols.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Kunstgeschichte
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781108720090
ISBN-10:	1108720099
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Kiernan, Philip
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 21 mm
Von/Mit:	Philip Kiernan
Erscheinungsdatum:	16.07.2026
Gewicht:	0,706 kg