LEADER 03372nam 22007694a 450 001 9910455800503321 005 20210618222156.0 010 $a9786612356308 010 $a0-520-92513-0 010 $a1-282-35630-5 010 $a1-59734-924-0 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520925137 035 $a(CKB)111090860414142 035 $a(EBL)222878 035 $a(OCoLC)475926592 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000253277 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11200341 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000253277 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10185924 035 $a(PQKB)10725231 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055880 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC222878 035 $a(OCoLC)55879293 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30782 035 $a(DE-B1597)519381 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520925137 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL222878 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058835 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235630 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090860414142 100 $a20000607d2001 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSubtle bodies$b[electronic resource] $erepresenting angels in Byzantium /$fGlenn Peers 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 225 1 $aThe transformation of the classical heritage ;$v32 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-22405-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-230) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction: On the Tension between Theology and Cult --$tOne. Issues in representing angels --$tTwo. Arguments against images of angels --$tThree. Representing angels --$tFour. The veneration of angels and their images --$tFive. Apprehending the archangel Michael --$tConclusion --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThroughout the course of Byzantine history, Christian doctrine taught that angels have a powerful place in cosmology. It also taught that angels were immaterial, bodiless, invisible beings. But if that were the case, how could they be visualized and depicted in icons and other works of art? This book describes the strategies used by Byzantine artists to represent the incorporeal forms of angels and the rationalizations in defense of their representations mustered by theologians in the face of iconoclastic opposition. Glenn Peers demonstrates that these problems of representation provide a unique window on Late Antique thought in general. 410 0$aTransformation of the classical heritage ;$v32. 606 $aIconoclasm$zByzantine Empire$xHistory 606 $aAngels$xBiblical teaching 606 $aAngels in art 606 $aAngels in literature 606 $aChurch history$yMiddle Ages, 600-1500 607 $aByzantine Empire$xChurch history 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIconoclasm$xHistory. 615 0$aAngels$xBiblical teaching. 615 0$aAngels in art. 615 0$aAngels in literature. 615 0$aChurch history 676 $a235/.3/088219 700 $aPeers$b Glenn$0256588 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455800503321 996 $aSubtle bodies$92320198 997 $aUNINA