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OverviewFigure and Likeness presents an account of Byzantine iconoclasm - the fundamental crisis in Christian visual representation during the 8th and 9th centuries that defined the terms of Christianity's relationship to the painted image. Charles Barber rejects the conventional means of analysing this crisis, which seeks its origin in political and other social factors. Instead, he argues, iconoclasm is primarily a matter of theology and aesthetic theory. Working between the theological texts and the visual materials, Barber demonstrates that in challenging the validity of iconic representation, iconoclasts were asking: how can an image depict an incomprehensible God? In response, iconophile theologians gradually developed a notion of representation that distinguished the work of art from the subject it depicted. As such, Barber concludes, they were forced to move the language describing the icon beyond that of theology. This pivotal step allowed these theologians, of whom Patriarch Nikephoros and Theodore of Stoudios were the most important, to define and defend a specifically Christian art. In highlighting this outcome and also in offering a full account of iconoclastic notions of Ch Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charles BarberPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780691091778ISBN 10: 0691091773 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 13 October 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsLucid, concise, and accessible even to nonspecialists. -- Bissera V. Pentacheva, CAA Reviews There has not been a good general overview of Byzantine iconoclasm and image theory from the point of view of art history. Charles Barber has now produced the latter book, an elegantly written and lucidly argued essay... Charles Barber has succeeded admirably in interpreting ... sometimes difficult texts and relating them to the discipline of art history. -- Robert S. Nelson, Art Bulletin Lucid, concise, and accessible even to nonspecialists. -- Bissera V. Pentacheva, CAA Reviews There has not been a good general overview of Byzantine iconoclasm and image theory from the point of view of art history. Charles Barber has now produced the latter book, an elegantly written and lucidly argued essay... Charles Barber has succeeded admirably in interpreting ... sometimes difficult texts and relating them to the discipline of art history. -- Robert S. Nelson, Art Bulletin Lucid, concise, and accessible even to nonspecialists. -- Bissera V. Pentacheva CAA Reviews There has not been a good general overview of Byzantine iconoclasm and image theory from the point of view of art history. Charles Barber has now produced the latter book, an elegantly written and lucidly argued essay... Charles Barber has succeeded admirably in interpreting ... sometimes difficult texts and relating them to the discipline of art history. -- Robert S. Nelson Art Bulletin Lucid, concise, and accessible even to nonspecialists. -- Bissera V. Pentacheva CAA Reviews There has not been a good general overview of Byzantine iconoclasm and image theory from the point of view of art history. Charles Barber has now produced the latter book, an elegantly written and lucidly argued essay... Charles Barber has succeeded admirably in interpreting ... sometimes difficult texts and relating them to the discipline of art history. -- Robert S. Nelson Art Bulletin Author InformationCharles Barber is Associate Professor of Art, Art History, and Design at the University of Notre Dame. He has published The Theodore Psalter (British Library Add. 19352): A CD-ROM Facsimile . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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