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Contesting the logic of painting : art and understanding in eleventh-century Byzantium /
Drawing on philosophical and theological writings produced in eleventh-century Byzantium, this book offers a reading of the icon and Byzantine aesthetics that expands our understanding of these topics.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007.
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| Series: | Visualising the Middle Ages ;
v. 2. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Chapter One The Synodikon of Orthodoxy and the Ground of Painting; Chapter Two Symeon the New Theologian: Seeing Beyond Painting; Chapter Three Michael Psellos: Seeing Through Painting; Chapter Four Eustratios of Nicaea and the Constraints of Theology; Chapter Five Leo of Chalcedon, Euthymios Zigabenos and the Return to the Past; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; Illustrations.