On May 11th prof. Ine Jacobs will present a paper "Old statues, new meanings. Literary and archaeological evidence for Christian re-interpretation of classical statuary".
The paper will be delivered at the late antique seminar, on Thursday, 11 May, at 4.45 p.m., in the library of the Department of Papyrology (Faculty of Law building, Collegium Iuridicum I) on the main campus.
Abstract
In this paper I will review literary and epigraphic sources as well as material evidence for positive takes on ancient statuary in late antique centuries. I will argue that re-interpretation of statuary, in the sense of allocating new identifications to ancient statues, was much more common among late antique Christians than we currently assume. It is not something that occurred only from Mid-Byzantine times onwards, although Mid-Byzantine literary evidence has been given more attention.
The paper will be delivered at the late antique seminar, on Thursday, 11 May, at 4.45 p.m., in the library of the Department of Papyrology (Faculty of Law building, Collegium Iuridicum I) on the main campus.
Abstract
In this paper I will review literary and epigraphic sources as well as material evidence for positive takes on ancient statuary in late antique centuries. I will argue that re-interpretation of statuary, in the sense of allocating new identifications to ancient statues, was much more common among late antique Christians than we currently assume. It is not something that occurred only from Mid-Byzantine times onwards, although Mid-Byzantine literary evidence has been given more attention.