The Cult of the Mother of God in Byzantium - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cult of the Mother of God in Byzantium write by Leslie Brubaker. This book was released on 2011. The Cult of the Mother of God in Byzantium available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume, on the cult of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) in Byzantium, focuses on textual and historical aspects of the subject, thus complementing previous work which has centered more on the cult of images of the Mother of God. This international cast of scholars, consider the development and transformation of the cult from approximately the fourth through the twelfth centuries. The aim of this volume is to build on recent work on the cult of the Virgin Mary in Byzantium and to explore new areas of study. The rationale is critical and historical, using literary, artistic, and archaeological sources to evaluate her role in the development of the Byzantine understanding of the ways in which God interacts with creation by means of icons, relics and the Theotokos.
Icons and Power
Icons and Power - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Icons and Power write by Bissera V. Pentcheva. This book was released on 2010-11-01. Icons and Power available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Pentcheva demonstrates that a fundamental shift in the Byzantine cult from relics to icons, took place during the late tenth century. Centered upon fundamental questions of art, religion, and politics, Icons and Power makes a vital contribution to the entire field of medieval studies.
The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium
The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium write by Thomas Arentzen. This book was released on 2019-08-15. The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Images and texts tell various stories about the Virgin Mary in Byzantium, reflecting an important cult with strong doctrinal foundations.
Images of the Mother of God
Images of the Mother of God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Images of the Mother of God write by Maria Vassilaki. This book was released on 2017-03-02. Images of the Mother of God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fully illustrated in colour and black and white, Images of the Mother of God complements the successful exhibition catalogue of the 'Mother of God' exhibition at the Benaki Museum in Athens. It brings together the work of leading international authorities and younger scholars to provide a wide-ranging survey of how the Theotokos was perceived in the Byzantine world. It embraces the disciplines of art historians, archaeologists, traditional and feminist historians, as well as theologians, philologists and social anthropologists. Images of the Mother of God will appeal not just to those interested in Byzantine art and culture, but also to scholars of Western Europe in the Middle Ages who are looking for comparative materials in their own work.
Mother of God
Mother of God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mother of God write by Maria Vasilakē. This book was released on 2000. Mother of God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A complete survey of the representation of the Virgin in Byzantine art through a wide selection of works in all media. Icons, illuminated manuscripts, ivories, metalworks, marble reliefs and textiles, dating from the 6th to the 14th century coming from the Benaki Museum in Athens and from many other major public and private collections worldwide. This is the most original and up-to-date publication on the subject, in which art-historical, historical, iconographic and theological issues are brought together for the first time in an effort to cover all aspects of the cult and representation of the Mother of God.
