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Pages: 351
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-20 - Publisher: Springer Nature

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This book uses Pseudo-Dionysius and his mystic theology to explore attitudes and beliefs about images in the early medieval West and Byzantium. Composed in the
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10-01 - Publisher: Springer Nature

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This handbook brings together the most current and hotly debated topics in studies about images today. In the first part, the book gives readers an historical o
Iconophilia
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Pages: 505
Authors: Francesca Dell'Acqua
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-07 - Publisher: Routledge

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Between the late seventh and the mid-ninth centuries, a debate about sacred images – conventionally addressed as ‘Byzantine iconoclasm’ – engaged monks,
From Idols to Icons
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Authors: Robin M. Jensen
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Even the briefest glance at an art museum’s holdings or an introductory history textbook demonstrates the profound influence of Christian images and art. From
The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium
Language: en
Pages: 381
Authors: Thomas Arentzen
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Images and texts tell various stories about the Virgin Mary in Byzantium, reflecting an important cult with strong doctrinal foundations.