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.

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Peers, Glenn
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Schriftenreihe:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 32.
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Zusammenfassung: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.
"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. He also provides an intriguing look at the history of angels as they emerged from the Hebrew Bible, moved into Judaism and early Christianity, and finally were given shape and form.".
"Peers makes excellent use of primary sources in considering this intellectually challenging question. He looks at icons of angels, saints' lives, legends and hagiographic narratives of angelic apparitions, the writings of Greek church fathers, and other texts to show how strategies were devised to cope with these representational difficulties. Many of these sources have never been brought together into one account, and Peers elicits novel and striking connections across the texts, as well as between the texts and images." "Peers brings to bear modern approaches - including Michael Foucault's ideas concerning Rene Magritte - on questions of representation in Byzantium. In showing how this culture sought to represent the unrepresentable, Peers sheds much light on early Christian theology, aesthetics, and popular devotion as he unravels the complex interplay among biblical texts, theological thought, church doctrine, and artistic creativity."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 235 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-230) and index.
ISBN:9780520925137
0520925130
1417523840
9781417523849
9780520224056
0520224051
1597349240
9781597349246
9786612356308
6612356308

Es ist kein Print-Exemplar vorhanden.

Volltext öffnen