Disembodiment and corporality in Byzantine images of the saints

Author

Maguire, Henry

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

Iconography at the crossroads : papers from the colloquium sponsored by the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University, 23-24 March, 1990

Author (monograph)

Cassidy, Brendan (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Iconography at the crossroads : papers from the colloquium sponsored by the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University, 23-24 March, 1990. 1993, 75-90, 20 ill.

Publisher

Index of Christian Art, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Establishes that different types of Byzantine holy man were represented in different formal modes, and that the style of representation was part of their iconography. Indicates analogies between styles of visualization and textual descriptions.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing
• Painting
• Byzantine
• Iconography
• Saints
• 800-1400

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin
• Peinture
• Byzantin (art)
• Iconographie
• Saints
• 800-1400

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940401-00341730

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