Subtle Bodies Representing Angels in Byzantium

Name: Subtle Bodies Representing Angels in Byzantium
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ISBN: 9780520224056

ISBN-10: 0520224051

ISBN-13: 9780520224056

Edition: 2001

Authors: Glenn Peers

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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.

Book details

List price: $63.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 2/14/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 250
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



Issues in Representing Angels



Arguments Against Images of Angels



Representing Angels: Images and Theory



The Veneration of Angels and Their Images



Apprehending the Archangel Michael


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index