Band 32
Subtle Bodies Representing Angels in Byzantium
Aus der Reihe
Transformation of the Classical Heritage
Fr. 68.90
inkl. gesetzl. MwSt.Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Format
Kopierschutz
Nein
Family Sharing
Nein
Text-to-Speech
Nein
Erscheinungsdatum
14.02.2001
Verlag
University Of California PressSeitenzahl
250 (Printausgabe)
Dateigröße
3406 KB
Auflage
1. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9780520925137
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.
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