Between Statues and Icons : : Iconic Persons from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages /

Between Statues and Icons : : Iconic Persons from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages / / Vladimir Ivanovici.

This book argues that Romans credited certain living persons with the capacity to function as cult statues, that is, as images and vessels of the divine. After addressing the cultural context that produced the idea that humans can become images of the divine, the text shows how emperors, bishops, an...

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Superior document:Contexts of Ancient and Medieval Anthropology Series ; Volume 5
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Ivanovici, Vladimir,
Place / Publishing House:Paderborn, Germany : : Brill Schöningh,, [2023]
©2023
Year of Publication:2023
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Contexts of ancient and medieval anthropology ; Volume 5.
Physical Description:1 online resource (275 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Methodological Considerations
  • Status Quaestionis
  • Chapter 1: Setting the Stage
  • 1.1 Body Language in Early Imperial Society
  • 1.2 Sieging Olympus: Humankind Claims Immortality
  • 1.3 Knowing the Gods: From Cult Statues to Iconic Persons
  • 1.4 Conclusions
  • Chapter 2: Emperors
  • 2.1 Negotiating Divinity in Rome
  • 2.2 Constructing Iconicity
  • 2.3 From Image of Jupiter to Image of Christ
  • 2.4 Conclusions
  • Chapter 3: Martyrs
  • 3.1 Paul's Concept of Iconic Living
  • 3.2 Performing Christ in the Arena
  • 3.3 God's Living Temples
  • 3.4 Preserving the Martyrs' Iconicity: Relics
  • 3.5 Preserving the Martyrs' Iconicity: People
  • 3.6 Conclusions
  • Chapter 4: Initiates
  • 4.1 Visions, Ascensions, and Transformations in Late Antique Initiations
  • 4.2 New Bishops for a New Church
  • 4.3 Making Golden Statues of Christ
  • 4.4 Beyond Baptism
  • 4.5 Conclusions
  • Chapter 5: Bishops
  • 5.1 From Martyr-bishops to Teacher-bishops
  • 5.2 Rome's Aristocratic Bishops
  • 5.3 Emperor Justinian's Living Mirrors
  • 5.4 Beyond the Living Bishop
  • 5.5 Conclusions
  • Chapter 6: Stylites
  • 6.1 Living vs. Animated Statues
  • 6.2 Multiplying the Stylite's Body: Eulogia, Relics, Columns
  • 6.3 Preserving the Iconic Body: Icons
  • 6.4 Conclusions
  • Chapter 7: Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Ancient Names
  • Index of Places.

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