Perceptions of the body and sacred space in late antiquity and Byzantium / edited by Jelena Bogdanovi♯¿.

Other author Bogdanovi♯¿, Jelena, 1973-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2018.
Descriptionpages cm
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Subjects
Sacred space--Byzantine Empire.
Space perception--Byzantine Empire.
Human body--Religious aspects. --Christianity. --History of doctrines. --Middle Ages, 600-1500.

Contents Images of invisible beauty in the aesthetic cosmology of Dionysius the Areopagite / Filip Ivanovi♯¿ -- Monumental icons and their bodies in early Christian Rome and Byzantium / Maria Lidova -- Imperial bodies and sacred space? imperial family images between monumental decoration and space definition in late antiquity and Byzantium / Maria Cristina Carile -- The influence of icons on the perception of living holy persons / Katherine Marsengill -- Delivering the sacred : representing translatio on the Trier Ivory / Ljubomir Milanovic -- Bodies in motion : visualizing trinitarian space in the Albenga Baptistery / Nathan S. Dennis -- A mobile dialogue of an immobile saint : St. Symeon the Younger, divine liturgy, and the architectural setting / Ay¿¿e Belgin-Henry -- Framing glorious spaces in the Monastery of Hosios Loukas / Jelena Bogdanovi♯¿ -- Conclusions. Iconic perception and noetic contemplation of the sacred / Jelena Bogdanovi♯¿ with Katherine Marsengill.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2017049923
ISBN9781138561045 (hardback : alk. paper)

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