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Barber Charles <1964-> |
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Contesting the logic of painting [[electronic resource] ] : art and understanding in eleventh-century Byzantium / / by Charles Barber |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007 |
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1-281-93989-7 |
9786611939892 |
90-474-3161-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Collana |
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Visualising the Middle Ages, , 1874-0448 ; ; v. 2 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Icons, Byzantine |
Image (Theology) |
Byzantine Empire Church history |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-175) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material / C.E. Barber -- Chapter One. The Synodikon Of Orthodoxy And The Ground Of Painting / C.E. Barber -- Chapter Two. Symeon The New Theologian: Seeing Beyond Painting / C.E. Barber -- Chapter Three. Michael Psellos: Seeing Through Painting / C.E. Barber -- Chapter Four. Eustratios Of Nicaea And The Constraints Of Theology / C.E. Barber -- Chapter Five. Leo Of Chalcedon, Euthymios Zigabenos And The Return To The Past / C.E. Barber -- Afterword / C.E. Barber -- Bibliography / C.E. Barber -- Index / C.E. Barber -- Illustrations / C.E. Barber. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Studies of the icon in Byzantium have tended to focus on the iconoclastic era of the eighth- and ninth-centuries. This study shows that discussion of the icon was far from settled by this lengthy dispute. While the theory of the icon in Byzantium was governed by a logical understanding that had limited painting to the visible alone, the four authors addressed in this book struggled with this constraint. Symeon the New Theologian, driven by a desire for divine vision, chose, effectively, to disregard the icon. Michael Psellos used a profound neoplatonism to examine the relationship between an icon and miracles. Eustratios of Nicaea followed the logic of painting to the point |
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