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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peers, Glenn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Colección:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 32.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ONE: ISSUES IN REPRESENTING ANGELS
  • TWO: ARGUMENTS AGAINST IMAGES OF ANGELS
  • THREE: REPRESENTING ANGELS
  • FOUR: THE VENERATION OF ANGELS AND THEIR IMAGES
  • FIVE: APPREHENDING THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
  • CONCLUSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Z.