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.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Peers, Glenn
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Collection:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 32.
Sujets:
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
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Description
Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xv, 235 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-230) and index.
ISBN:9780520925137
0520925130
1417523840
9781417523849
9780520224056
0520224051
1597349240
9781597349246
9786612356308
6612356308

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