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.
| Основен автор: | Peers, Glenn. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭2001.
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| Серия: |
Transformation of the classical heritage ;
32. |
| Предмети: | |
| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=77375 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Subtle bodies. |
| Резюме: |
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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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xv, 235 pages) : illustrations. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-230) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780520925137 0520925130 1417523840 9781417523849 9780520224056 0520224051 1597349240 9781597349246 |