Icon : : Studies in the History of An Idea / / Luci Serrano, Moshe Barasch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Barasch, Moshe,; Serrano, Luci,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; PART ONE. Reflections in Classical Antiquity --; I. The Biblical Prohibition of Images --; 2. Antiquity I: The Animated Image --; 3. Antiquity II: Against the Images of Gods --; 4. Resemblance: The Internal Development of the Concept --; PART TWO. The Icon in Early Christian Thought 93 --; 5. Early Christian Apologists --; 6. Tertullian --; 7. Origen --; 8. Eusebius --; 9. Dionysius Areopagita: "Poetic" Theology --; PART THREE. The Doctrine of the Icon --; 10. In Defense of Images: John of Damascus --; 11. The Icon and the Doctrine of Art: Theodore of Studion --; Name Index --; Subject Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814723340; 9783110716924
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814723340.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Luci Serrano, Moshe Barasch.

Over the centuries, European debate about the nature and status of images of God and sacred figures has often upset the established order and shaken societies to their core. Out of this debate, an identifiable doctrine has emerged of the image in general and of the divine image in particular. This fascinating work concentrates on these historical arguments, from the period of Late Antiquity up to the great and classic defenses of images by St. John of Damascus and Theodore of Studion. Icon extends beyond the immediate concerns of religion, philosophy, aesthetics, history, and art, to engage them all.