Studies of Artistic Environments for the Worship in Late Antiquity at Ostia Antica

本研究通过对相关考古证据的分析和对犹太教、密特拉教、基督教等诸神的视觉材料的调查，重点研究了奥斯提亚安蒂卡市古代晚期的宗教艺术。特别关注的问题是视觉图像如何反映罗马帝国城市新宗教生活的深刻转变。通过这种分析，我们可以清楚地看到，在二世纪末到三世纪末之间，上帝的形象，室内装饰的作用，以及所有这些都朝着同一个方向发展，即从公民宗教到社区宗教，朝着“象征”模式发展。

The research focused on the religious art in late antiquity in the city of Ostia Antica, based on analysis of related archaeological evidences and investigation of the visual materials of Judaism, Mithraism, Christianity and other gods. A special attention was paid to the question how the visual images reflect the profound transformation of new religious life in the city of Roman Empire. As a result of this analysis it has become clear that the image of god, the role of interior decoration, and all moved between the end of second century and the end of third in same direction, toward the “symbolic” mode, from civic religion to community religion.