Petition, Prostration, and Tears: Painting and Prayer in Roman Catacombs
This article examines the evidence for performative prayer in early Roman catacomb painting from the perspective of an art historian. Praying (orant) figures are a dominant theme of third-century painting. Although the orant pose is generally regarded as symbolic, strong evidence connects at least o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
2024
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Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 7 |
| Further subjects: | B
order of widows
B Diana Nemorensis B St. Cassian B orant B Ovid B proskynesis B Donna velata B St. Hippolytus B Prudentius |
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