A minority within a culture: women in the Christian art of Dura-Europos
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Bezryadina, Anastasiya
issued: 2020-12-24T19:47:06Z
issued: 2020
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The painting that is known as the procession of women from the Christian building of Dura-Europos still sparks a lot of debate. The surviving parts of this artwork do not have enough features to provide definite proof for one biblical narrative interpretation or another. Stepping away from the textual interpretations, I seek to demonstrate that it is more important to compare this painting to local art, which would enrich our understanding of not only local culture but also Durene Christianity itself. It is important to examine the Durene Christian building art in conjunction with the cultural mosaic it existed in because the local viewers would have perceived it through the background of the local culture. As such, the procession of women has more in common with the local worship iconography then it does with later narrative or processional Christian art. The unadorned simplicity of this painting, its lack of decoration and distinctive features, is almost in contrast to how women are depicted in other religious settings of Dura. Instead of being showcases, the women in the painting known as the procession are screens that local viewers of any culture, class, or status would have been able to project themselves onto.
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note: A Minority within a Culture: Women in the Christian Art of Dura-Europos by Anastasiya Bezryadina A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULLFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (Ancient Culture, Religion, and Ethnicity) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) December 2020 © Anastasiya Bezryadina, 2020 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled: A Minority within a Culture: Women in Christian Art of Dura Europos submitted by Anastasiya Bezryadina in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Ancient Culture, Religion, and Ethnicity Examining Committee: G. Anthony Keddie, Classics, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, UBC Supervisor Matthew McCarty, Classics, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, UBC Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract The painting that is known as the procession of women from the Christian building of Dura-Europos still sparks a lot of debate. The surviving parts of this artwork do not have enough features to provide definite proof for one biblical narrative interpretation or another. Stepping away from the textual interpretations, I seek to demonstrate that it is more important to compare this painting to local art, which would enrich our understanding of not only local culture but also Durene Christianity itself. It is important to examine the Durene Christian building art in conjunction with the cultural mosaic it existed in because the local viewers would have perceived it through the background of the local culture. As such, the procession of women has more in common with the local worship iconography then it does with later narrative or processional Christian art. The unadorned simplicity of this painting, its lack of decoration and distinctive features, is almost in contrast to how women are depicted in other religiou…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2021-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0395403
language: eng
degree discipline: Ancient Culture, Religion and Ethnicity
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/76902