Subtle bodies : representing angels in Byzantium /

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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.
Subjects:
Orthodox Eastern Church > Byzantine Empire > History.
Orthodox Eastern Church > History.
Église orthodoxe > Histoire.
Orthodox Eastern Church
600-1500
Iconoclasm > Byzantine Empire.
Angels > Biblical teaching.
Angels in art.
Angels in literature.
Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Iconoclasme > Empire byzantin.
Anges > Enseignement biblique.
Anges dans l'art.
Anges dans la littérature.
Église > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Angelology & Demonology.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Angels > Biblical teaching
Angels in art
Angels in literature
Church history > Middle Ages
Iconoclasm
Byzantine Empire > Church history.
Byzantine Empire
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 235 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-230) and index.
ISBN:9780520925137
0520925130
1417523840
9781417523849
9780520224056
0520224051
1597349240
9781597349246
9786612356308
6612356308

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