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Subtle Bodies

- Representing Angels in Byzantium

About Subtle Bodies

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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780520224056
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 250
  • Published:
  • February 13, 2001
  • Dimensions:
  • 156x235x20 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 544 g.
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Expected delivery: January 25, 2025
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Description of Subtle Bodies

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.

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