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Subtle bodies : representing angels in Byzantium / Glenn Peers.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Peers, Glenn.
- Series:
- Transformation of the classical heritage ; 32.
- The transformation of the classical heritage ; 32
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orthodox Eastern Church--Byzantine Empire--History.
- Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Iconoclasm--Byzantine Empire--History.
- Iconoclasm.
- Angels--Biblical teaching.
- Angels.
- Angels in art.
- Angels in literature.
- Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Church history.
- Byzantine Empire--Church history.
- Byzantine Empire.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: On the Tension between Theology and Cult
- One. Issues in representing angels
- Two. Arguments against images of angels
- Three. Representing angels
- Four. The veneration of angels and their images
- Five. Apprehending the archangel Michael
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-230) and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786612356308
- 9780520925137
- 0520925130
- 9781282356306
- 1282356305
- 9781597349246
- 1597349240
- OCLC:
- 475926592
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