Imago Dei
The Byzantine Apologia for Icons. With a new foreword by Judith Herrin
(Sprache: Englisch)
In 726 the Byzantine emperor, Leo III, issued an edict that all religious images in the empire were to be destroyed, a directive that was later endorsed by a synod of the Church in 753 under his son, Constantine V. If the policy of Iconoclasm had succeeded,...
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In 726 the Byzantine emperor, Leo III, issued an edict that all religious images in the empire were to be destroyed, a directive that was later endorsed by a synod of the Church in 753 under his son, Constantine V. If the policy of Iconoclasm had succeeded, the entire history of Christian art - and of the Christian church, at least in the East - would have been altered. Iconoclasm was defeated - by Byzantine politics, by popular revolts, by monastic piety, and, most fundamentally of all, by theology, just as it had been theology that the opponents of images had used to justify their actions. Analyzing an intriguing chapter in the history of ideas, the renowned scholar Jaroslav Pelikan shows how a faith that began by attacking the worship of images ended first in permitting and then in commanding it
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Foreword vii Preface xix Illustrations xxi Abbreviations xxiii Introduction: The Idea in the Image Chapter 1: The Context Religion and "Realpolitik" Byzantine Style 7 Chapter 2: Graven Images The Ambiguity of the Iconographic Tradition 41 Chapter 3: Divinity Made Human Aesthetic Implications of the Incarnation 67 Chapter 4: The Senses Sanctified The Rehabilitation of the Visual 99 Chapter 5: Humanity Made Divine Mary the Mother of God 121 Chapter 6: The Great Chain of Images A Cosmology of Icons 153 Bibliography 183 Index 194
Autoren-Porträt von Jaroslav Pelikan, Judith Herrin
Jaroslav Pelikan (1923-2006) was the author of more than thirty books, including the five-volume Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine. In 2004, he received the John W. Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Human Sciences..
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Jaroslav Pelikan , Judith Herrin
- 2011, 224 Seiten, 50 Abbildungen, Maße: 19,1 x 25,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- ISBN-10: 0691141258
- ISBN-13: 9780691141251
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Englisch
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"[Pelikan?s] extraordinary breadth as a historian, not to mention his mastery of the Christian theological traditions, enables him to establish a proper context and a necessary rhetoric for the exploration of Byzantine icons."--John Wesley Cook, Theology Today "[T]his book is genuine cause for celebration. I look forward to recommending it heartily to students and colleagues alike."--Alexander Golitzin, Patristics "The book is beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated. Instructive and pleasing, Imago Dei repays both close reading and close viewing."--Cross Currents "[L]ucid, crisp, inclusive, comprehensive, and articulate."--Daniel J. Sahas, History of Christianity "Pelikan clearly delineates the path the theological defense of icons took during the iconoclastic controversies of the eighth and ninth centuries ... Commendably Pelikan addresses the role played by the other senses in the defense of icons. The fact that touch, taste, audition and smell were acceptable made it easier to argue for the place of the visual."--Theological Studies
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