Ascension of Christ or Ascension of Mary?: Reconsidering a Popular Early Iconography

This essay argues that an early Christian iconography that art historians today typically identify as the “Ascension of Christ” was instead originally understood as a scene from the Six Books Dormition narrative about the ascension of Mary. This art depicts Jesus inside a sphere in the sky above his...

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Main Author: Kateusz, Ally (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press [2015]
In: Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 273-303
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ascension / Jesus Christ / Assumption / Marian image / Church / History 30-600
IxTheo Classification:CE Christian art
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
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