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In Building the Body of Christ, Daniel C. Cochran argues that
monumental Christian art and architecture played a crucial role in
the formation of individual and communal identities in late antique
Italy. The ecclesiastical buildings and artistic programs that
emerged during the fourth and fifth centuries not only reflected
Christianity's changing status within the Roman Empire but also
actively shaped those who used them. Emphasizing the importance of
materiality and the body in early Christian thought and practice,
Cochran shows how bishops and their supporters employed the visual
arts to present a Christian identity rooted in the sacred past but
expressed in the present through church unity and episcopal
authority. He weaves together archaeological and textual evidence
to contextualize case studies from Rome, Aquileia, and Ravenna,
showing how these sites responded to the diversity of early
Christianity as expressed through private rituals and the imperial
appropriation of the saints. Cochran shows how these early
ecclesiastical buildings and artistic programs worked in
conjunction with the liturgy to persuade individuals to adopt
alternative beliefs, practices, and values that contributed to the
formation of institutional Christianity and the "Christianization"
of late antique Italy.
In Building the Body of Christ, Daniel C. Cochran argues that
monumental Christian art and architecture played a crucial role in
the formation of individual and communal identities in late antique
Italy. The ecclesiastical buildings and artistic programs that
emerged during the fourth and fifth centuries were designed to
facilitate liturgical worship and ritual, not only reflecting
Christianity's changing status within the Roman Empire but also
actively shaping those who used them. Emphasizing the importance of
materiality and the body in early Christian thought and practice,
Cochran shows how bishops and their supporters employed the visual
arts to present a Christian identity rooted in the sacred past but
expressed in the present through church unity and episcopal
authority. He weaves together archaeological and textual evidence
to contextualize case studies from Rome, Aquileia, and Ravenna,
showing how these sites responded to the diversity of early
Christianity as expressed through private rituals and the imperial
appropriation of the saints. Cochran shows how these early
ecclesiastical buildings and artistic programs worked in
conjunction with the liturgy to persuade individuals to adopt
alternative beliefs, practices, and values that contributed to the
formation of institutional Christianity and the "Christianization"
of late antique Italy.
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