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Space, time, and presence in the icon : seeing the world with the eyes of God /
This book contributes to the re-emerging field of "theology through the arts" by proposing a way of approaching one of the most challenging theological concepts - divine timelessness - through the principle of construction of space in the icon. One of the main objectives of this book is to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Ashgate studies in theology, imagination, and the arts.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book contributes to the re-emerging field of "theology through the arts" by proposing a way of approaching one of the most challenging theological concepts - divine timelessness - through the principle of construction of space in the icon. One of the main objectives of this book is to discuss critically the implications of "reverse perspective", which is especially characteristic of Byzantine and Byzantining art. Drawing on the work of Pavel Florensky, one of the foremost Russian religious philosophers at the beginning of the 20th century, Antonova shows that Florensky. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 193 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-190) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0754667987 9780754667988 075469738X 9780754697381 1282385305 9781282385306 |