04-03-2006, 04:25 PM
Some newer sources...
Bruun, Patrick.
Una permanenza del "Sol invictus" di Costantino nell'arte cristiana.
22 ill., plans.
Costantino il grande dall'antichità all'umanesimo : colloquio sul Cristianesimo nel mondo antico, t. I. -- Macerata, Università degli studi di Macerata, 1992, p. 219-230.
Here's the abstract:
Summary: Argues that the prototype for the representations of Christ and saints with haloes (from the 4th c. onwards) was the haloed image of Constantine on gold coins minted after 312, and that Constantine adopted the halo from his protector divinity, Sol invictus.
So maybe the current thinking is that they ARE related to the heliate/radiate corona! Hmmm.
Well, that's art history for you. Yesterday's crank is today's authority and tomorrow's has-been.
Bruun, Patrick.
Una permanenza del "Sol invictus" di Costantino nell'arte cristiana.
22 ill., plans.
Costantino il grande dall'antichità all'umanesimo : colloquio sul Cristianesimo nel mondo antico, t. I. -- Macerata, Università degli studi di Macerata, 1992, p. 219-230.
Here's the abstract:
Summary: Argues that the prototype for the representations of Christ and saints with haloes (from the 4th c. onwards) was the haloed image of Constantine on gold coins minted after 312, and that Constantine adopted the halo from his protector divinity, Sol invictus.
So maybe the current thinking is that they ARE related to the heliate/radiate corona! Hmmm.
Well, that's art history for you. Yesterday's crank is today's authority and tomorrow's has-been.
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