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Subtle bodies : representing angels in Byzantium /
Explores the strategies used by Byzantine artists to represent the incorporeal forms of angels and the rationalizations in defence of their representations mustered by theologians in the face of iconoclastic opposition. These problems of representation provide a window on Late Antique thought.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Transformation of the classical heritage ;
32. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Explores the strategies used by Byzantine artists to represent the incorporeal forms of angels and the rationalizations in defence of their representations mustered by theologians in the face of iconoclastic opposition. These problems of representation provide a window on Late Antique thought. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 235 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-230) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520925137 0520925130 1417523840 9781417523849 9780520224056 0520224051 1597349240 9781597349246 9786612356308 6612356308 |