Format:
1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 236 Seiten)
ISBN:
9783110546842
,
9783110546507
Content:
It has long been an accepted assumption that the abstracted mode of visual representation that emerged in late antiquity reflected a collective shift from the outer-directed and 'material' world-view of classical antiquity to an inner-directed, 'spiritual' mentality informed by Christianity: the purpose of this volume is to offer a more nuanced and diverse image of the nature and meanings of abstraction and symbolism in late antique and early medieval art, beyond normative intepretation models, and from a number of different methodological and interpretative perspectives. In ten chapters, ten authors specialised in various fields of late-antique and Byzantine art explore the historiographical background of the 'spiritual' interpretation paradigm, neuroscientific and theological dimensions of Christian visual aesthetics, meanings and motive factors behind apparently wholly abstract and aniconic compositions, symbolic motifs and schemes for visualising cosmic order and the cosmic state of Christ, and the re-use of symbolic Greco-Roman themes in Christian contexts. The result is a multi-focal image of late antique abstraction and symbolism that illuminates the heterogeneity and complexity of the phenomena and of their study.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110543742
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Envisioning worlds in late antique art Berlin : De Gruyter, 2019 ISBN 9783110543742
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3110543745
Language:
English
Keywords:
Römisches Reich
;
Byzantinisches Reich
;
Kunst
;
Abstraktion
;
Symbolismus
;
Geschichte 300-700
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Festschrift
DOI:
10.1515/9783110546842
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Author information:
Olovsdotter, Cecilia 1967-
