Subtle bodies : representing angels in Byzantium / Glenn Peers.

Description:
1 online resource (xv, 235 pages) : illustrations.
Publisher:
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Electronic resources
- ISBN: 9781282356306
- ISBN: 1282356305
- ISBN: 0520224051
- ISBN: 9781597349246
- ISBN: 1597349240
- ISBN: 0520224051
- ISBN: 9780520224056
- ISBN: 9781417523849
- ISBN: 1417523840
- ISBN: 0520925130
- ISBN: 9780520925137
Bibliography, etc.: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-230) and index. |
Contents: | Cover -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- ... Read More |
Restrictions on Access: | Access limited to residents of owning communities and students of owning institutions. |
Summary: | Explores the strategies used by Byzantine artists to represent the incorporeal forms of angels and ... Read More |
Source of Description: | Print version record. |
Subject: | Orthodox Eastern Church -- Byzantine Empire -- History Iconoclasm -- Byzantine Empire Angels -- Biblical teaching Angels in art Angels in literature Byzantine Empire -- Church history |
Genre: | History Church history Electronic books |
Citation:
Peers, Glenn.
"Subtle bodies : representing angels in Byzantium."
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2001.