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- Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity
- Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Imperial Context
- Part II After Imperialism: Orientalism and its Resistances
- Part III Post-Colonialist, Old Colonialist and Nationalist Fantasies
- 11 Jewish Art: Before and After the Jewish State (1948)
- 12 Whose History Is It Anyway? Contests for India’s Past in the Twentieth Century
- 13 Acculturated Natives Who Rebel: Revivalist, Ottomanist and Pan-Arabist Engagements with Early Islamic Art (1876–1930s)
- 14 Barbarians at the British Museum: Anglo-Saxon Art, Race and Religion
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
14 - Barbarians at the British Museum: Anglo-Saxon Art, Race and Religion
from Part III - Post-Colonialist, Old Colonialist and Nationalist Fantasies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 February 2020
- Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity
- Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Imperial Context
- Part II After Imperialism: Orientalism and its Resistances
- Part III Post-Colonialist, Old Colonialist and Nationalist Fantasies
- 11 Jewish Art: Before and After the Jewish State (1948)
- 12 Whose History Is It Anyway? Contests for India’s Past in the Twentieth Century
- 13 Acculturated Natives Who Rebel: Revivalist, Ottomanist and Pan-Arabist Engagements with Early Islamic Art (1876–1930s)
- 14 Barbarians at the British Museum: Anglo-Saxon Art, Race and Religion
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
Summary
Januszczak saw the artefacts in the new gallery as the autochthonous expression of various ethnic groups – ‘tribes’ – who were naturally differentiated in their artistic styles as in other aspects of their identities. Notably, he attributes religious meaning only to the Byzantine heirs of the Roman Empire; the barbarian arts are typified as the gaudy, ostentatious display of weapons and wealth.
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- Empires of Faith in Late AntiquityHistories of Art and Religion from India to Ireland, pp. 396 - 433Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020