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Altar Iconography

Altar Iconography is a branch of Baroque religious visual studies that focuses on the symbolic content, arrangement, and theological function of imagery specifically designed for and situated within altar spaces in ecclesiastical architecture.

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2017–2026

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Publications

51

Cult and Sculpture: Sacrifice in the Ara Pacis Augustae

John Elsner · The Journal of Roman Studies · 1991 · 157 citations

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The uses of images: studies in the social function of art and visual communication

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 133 citations

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The Attic Orgeones

W. S. Ferguson · Harvard Theological Review · 1944 · 122 citations

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

Rachel Hoffman · African Arts · 1994 · 106 citations

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A New Reading of the Belvedere Altar

Bridget Buxton · American Journal of Archaeology · 2013 · 72 citations · Full text

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Authors

73

  1. BG
    Barbara G. Lane

    Charles Sturt University, Australia

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  2. NL
    Nurit Lissovsky

    College of Wooster, United States

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  3. NN
    Nadav Na’aman

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  4. CH
    Craig Harbison

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  5. RE
    R. E. Wycherley

    Bangor University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 22 citations

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Institutions

19

  1. Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Bratislava, Slovakia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  2. National Technical Museum

    Prague, Czechia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  3. National Museum

    Prague, Czechia

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  4. University of Rhode Island

    Kingston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    72 citations

  5. Ministero della cultura

    Rome, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  6. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    44 citations

  7. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    122 citations

  8. Courtauld Institute of Art

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    157 citations

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Venues

  1. The Art Bulletin

    5 publications · 160 citations

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  2. American Journal of Archaeology

    5 publications · 174 citations

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  4. The Journal of Roman Studies

    JRS · 2 publications · 212 citations

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  5. Tel Aviv

    2 publications · 41 citations

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