KINDER DES OSTENS. SPÄTANTIKE UND FRÜHCHRISTLICHE KINDERDARSTELLUNGEN IM HEUTIGEN OST- UND SÜDOSTEUROPA
CHILDREN OF THE EAST. IMAGES OF CHILDREN FROM LATE ANTIQUITY AND EARLY-CHRISTIAN TIME IN MODERN EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE

Summary/Abstract: Children of the East. Images of Children from Late Antiquity and Early-Christian Time in Modern Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Whereas researchers were hitherto focused on literary sources and monuments from ancient Rome this article deals with objects from Late Antiquity connecting Early-Christian and pagan illustrations, especially from the Hungarian part of the Roman Empire. Under the influence of Christian religion combined with modifications in Roman law, several changes had an impact on the environments of children. The question is whether these alterations had also an effect on the pictures of children. For examining this presumption, depictions of children and infant Christ are investigated because Christian art is linked to the tradition of pagan Roman art. So a separation of these two groups of representations makes absolutely no sense but has been done by scholars until now.

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