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Altar Decoration

Altar Decoration is a religious art practice involving the embellishment of an altar with symbolic objects, textiles, and imagery intended to enhance its sacred function and aesthetic significance within liturgical or devotional contexts.

25

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856

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38

Authors

7

Institutions

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2017–2026

2

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Publications

25

Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas

Rachel Hoffman · African Arts · 1994 · 106 citations

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Pax and the ‘Ara Pacis’

Stefan Weinstock · The Journal of Roman Studies · 1960 · 94 citations

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A Frankish scholar in tenth-century England: Frithegod of Canterbury/Fredegaud of Brioude

Michael Lapidge · Anglo-Saxon England · 1988 · 90 citations

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Aeneas or Numa? Rethinking the Meaning of the Ara Pacis Augustae

Paul Rehak · The Art Bulletin · 2001 · 83 citations · Full text

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The Horned Altar of Beer-sheba

Yoḥanan Aharoni · The Biblical Archaeologist · 1974 · 51 citations

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Authors

38

  1. EF
    Emmanuel Fritsch

    Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, France

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  2. CC
    Cyril Courrier

    Centre Camille Jullian, France

    1 publications · 19 citations

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  3. GD
    Georges Didi‐Huberman

    École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, France

    1 publications · 37 citations

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  4. SB
    Simone Bretz

    Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing, Germany

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. RT
    Robert Thompson

    Louisiana State University, United States

    1 publications · 48 citations

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Institutions

7

  1. Bangor University

    Bangor, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  2. Centre Camille Jullian

    Aix-en-Provence, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  3. Ca' Foscari University of Venice

    Venice, Italy

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    68 citations

  4. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    90 citations

  6. Hollins University

    Roanoke, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  7. Princeton Theological Seminary

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. The Art Bulletin

    3 publications · 140 citations

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  2. African Arts

    2 publications · 154 citations

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  3. American Journal of Archaeology

    2 publications · 44 citations

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  4. The Journal of Roman Studies

    JRS · 1 publications · 94 citations

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  5. The American Journal of Philology

    AJP · 1 publications · 32 citations

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