Byzantine Visual Culture: Conditions of “Right” Belief and Some Platonic Outlooks

Monumental picture programs of Byzantine churches exist within a spatial and liturgical setting of rituals that depend on circumstances that create a distinction from profane to sacred. The core theme is the epic narrative of the holy drama of the incarnated son, i.e., the image of God (eikon tou th...

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Main Author: Karahan, Anne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Numen
Year: 2016, Volume: 63, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 210-244
Further subjects:B Byzantine aesthetics Orthodox theology Byzantine and medieval art Cappadocian fathers Greek patristics and ancient philosophy Byzantine churches, Cappadocia Byzantine Istanbul Byzantine Ravenna Saint Catherine’s Monastery church, Sinai meta-images apophatic theology
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