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Author:   Jorge Tomás García ,  Sandra Sáenz-López Pérez
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
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9781032030661

ISBN 10:   1032030666
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   04 October 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Introduction: Iconotropy and the Alteration of Religious Images Jorge Tomás García and Sandra Sáenz-López Pérez 1. Sensuous Encounters: The Adornment of Cult Statues in Ancient Greece Cecilie Brøns 2. Taming the Gorgon: Visual Iconotropy in the Archaic Greek Medusa Rafael Jackson-Martín 3. The Religion of Theft: Stolen Cult Images in Ancient Greek Ritual and Cult Aaron Beck-Schachter 4. The New Life of Greek Images Outside Greece: The Case of Iberia Adolfo J. Domínguez 5. What Does an Idol Look Like? Visualizing Idolatry in Late Antique Jewish and Christian Art Giovanni Gasbarri 6. Pagan Statues in Islamic Context: Iconotropy in Tenth-Century al-Andalus Jorge Elices Ocón 7. Cross-Mediterranean Misinterpretations of Sacred Imagery Michele Bacci 8. Enchanted by the ‘Madonna Nicopeia’: Reception, Myth and the Methodological Pitfalls of the Art Historian Meital Shai 9. Avalokiteśvara is Mutating Again: Chinese and Japanese Encounters with the Virgin Mary Marco Musillo

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Jorge Tomás García is Assistant Professor at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. Sandra Sáenz-López Pérez is Assistant Professor at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.

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