Subtle bodies : representing angels in Byzantium /

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.

Dades bibliogràfiques
Autor principal: Peers, Glenn
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Berkeley : University of California Press ©2001.
Col·lecció:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 32.
Accés en línia:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnv2w
Taula de continguts:
  • Issues in Representing Angels
  • Arguments Against Images of Angels
  • Representing Angels: Images and Theory
  • The Veneration of Angels and Their Images
  • Apprehending the Archangel Michael.