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.
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
©2001.
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| coleção: | Transformation of the classical heritage ;
32. |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pnv2w |
Sumário:
- 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.