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Subtle bodies [[electronic resource] ] : representing angels in Byzantium / / Glenn Peers



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Autore: Peers Glenn Visualizza persona
Titolo: Subtle bodies [[electronic resource] ] : representing angels in Byzantium / / Glenn Peers Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (253 p.)
Disciplina: 235/.3/088219
Soggetto topico: Iconoclasm - Byzantine Empire - History
Angels - Biblical teaching
Angels in art
Angels in literature
Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500
Soggetto geografico: Byzantine Empire Church history
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-230) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: On the Tension between Theology and Cult -- One. Issues in representing angels -- Two. Arguments against images of angels -- Three. Representing angels -- Four. The veneration of angels and their images -- Five. Apprehending the archangel Michael -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Throughout 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Subtle bodies  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786612356308
0-520-92513-0
1-282-35630-5
1-59734-924-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455800503321
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Serie: Transformation of the classical heritage ; ; 32.