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Metamorphosis : the Transfiguration in Byzantine theology and iconography / Andreas Andreopoulos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Andreopoulos, Andreas, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ--Transfiguration--Art.
- Jesus Christ.
- Orthodox Eastern Church--In art.
- Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Bible. New Testament.
- Christian art and symbolism--Byzantine Empire.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Image (Theology).
- Bible. New Testament--Theology.
- Bible.
- Theology.
- Transfiguration of Jesus Christ.
- Byzantine Empire.
- Genre:
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- 286 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Crestwood, N.Y. : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2005.
- Contents:
- The theology of the Transfiguration
- The iconography of the Transfiguration
- Elements of the Transfiguration icon
- Pre-Sinaitic Transfiguration icon types
- Saint Apollinaris in Classe
- Saint Catherine Monastery on Mount Sinai
- Cosmic transfiguration
- The representation of the Apostles
- The Transfiguration and the icon of the Resurrection
- The lost mosaic
- The ascent of the oval mandorla
- The Mountain of Ascent
- Influences of Hesychasm
- The Slavic world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-278) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0881412953
- OCLC:
- 61240553
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