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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Peers, Glenn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Series:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 32.
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Online Access:Texto completo