Subtle Bodies: Representing Angels in Byzantium
Author:   Glenn Peers
Publisher:   Univ of California PR
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9780983246909


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   19 January 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Subtle Bodies: Representing Angels in Byzantium


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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.

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Author:   Glenn Peers
Publisher:   Univ of California PR
Imprint:   Univ of California PR
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.304kg
ISBN:  

9780983246909


ISBN 10:   0983246904
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   19 January 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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