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Throughout the course of Byzantine history, Christian doctrine taught that angels have a powerful place in cosmology. It also taught that angels were immaterial, bodiless, invisible beings. But if that were the case, how could they be visualized and depicted in icons and other works of art? This book describes the strategies used by Byzantine artists to represent the incorporeal forms of angels and the rationalizations in defense of their representations mustered by theologians in the face of iconoclastic opposition. Glenn Peers demonstrates that these problems of representation provide a unique window on Late Antique thought in general. ** Review "A most welcome book. . . . Peers's excellent study . . . provid[es] the reader with a satisfying account of the very real complexities of the Christian work of art."--Charles Barber, greekworks.com review From the Inside Flap "Peers' insightful and wide-ranging study supplies a clear and comprehensive history of the angelic image in cosmology and cult during the formative period prior to Iconoclasm. The paradoxes of the angelic body provide the proving ground for fiercely contested and incompatible claims for text and image as authoritat

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Author

Glenn Peers

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9781597349246

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Christian

Updated

2026-03-24