The departing soul : the long life of a medieval creation

Author

Barasch, Moshe

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Artibus et historiae. 2005, Num. 52, Vol. 26, 13-28, 201, 17 ill.

ISSN

0391-9064

Abstract (en)

Explores the figuration of death and dying in Christian iconography, including painting, manuscript illumination, and sarcophagi examples from the early Christian and Byzantine periods through the 17th-c. Outlines formal and conceptual artistic conventions for representing the human soul, such as animal imagery and anonymity. Essay stems from revisions of multiple articles on the topic, which was the author's research focus.

Subject (en)

• General history of art
• Death
• Soul
• Christian iconography
• Art
• Figuration
• Representation
• Animals
• Symbolism
• Humans
• Early Christian
• Byzantine
• Painting
• Manuscript illumination
• Sarcophagi
• Anonymity

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art
• Mort
• Ame
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Art
• Figuration
• Représentation
• Animal
• Symbolisme
• Etres humains
• Paléochrétien (art)
• Byzantin (art)
• Peinture
• Enluminure
• Sarcophage
• Anonymat

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00024857

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