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Age of Spirituality : A Symposium
Beck, Hans-Georg, Hanfmann, George M., Kitzinger, Ernst, Brenk, Beat, Brown, Peter R.
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Age of Spirituality : A Symposium
Beck, Hans-Georg, Hanfmann, George M., Kitzinger, Ernst, Brenk, Beat, Brown, Peter R.
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guter Zustand. Ein Meisterwerk italienischer Buchmalerei des 11. Jahrhunderts Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
Language: German
Published by Bern ; Stuttgart : Hallwag Verlag, 1975
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Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 124 S.; ill. letzte Seiten mit kleinen Eckenabrissen, kein Textverlust, Einband und Kanten leicht berieben, sonst gut erhalten. LIEFERZEITEN / DELIVERY TIMES: DEUTSCHLAND 5 - 14 Tage EUROPA/EUROPE: 7 - 30 Tage/Days USA/WELTWEIT/WORLDWIDE: 14 - 60 Tage/Days (!!!) +++ Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm:…450.
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Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Condition: Sehr gut. 309 S. : zahlr. Ill. (z.T. farb.), graph. Darst., Kt. ; 24 cm Noch originalverpackt, daher keine näheren Angaben zu Auflage/Jahr/Paginierung möglich, Kanten gering bestossen /// Standort Wimregal FLK7-6038 ISBN 9783444060076 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 620 Neuausg. in 1 Bd.…: mit Reiseführer im Anh.
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Language: German
Published by Berg, Hallwag Verlag,, 1979
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Mit zahlreichen teils farbigen Abbildungen, 309 S., Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 747 23,5 x 14 cm, Ppbd., Su. Gut erhalten.
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Published by Sandoz Ltd, 1967
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Hardcover. Condition: Neu. Spätantike - Frühes Christentum - Byzanz 220 S. 106 s/w Abb./ill. b/w, 37 farbige Abb./ill. (color), 600 g. This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods. Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished the invention of… the Christian apse image: on the one hand there were statues in apses of pagan temples and imperial cult rooms which were venerated during cult ceremonies, on the other hand, there were apse mosaics in nymphaea where aquatic myths and figures celebrated the amenities of water. Christian apse mosaics originated within this context and in spite of the Old Testament prohibition of the image. Mosaics and frescoes in apses of cult rooms generated very particular effects, evoking in the viewer respect, admiration, awe and maybe even veneration. The capacity of the image to have an impact on the viewer could not be decreed by the Church, but this was an affair manifested more or less casually according to the inventive power of the artist. This book explores the interactions between the various image-media during the early Christian and early Byzantine periods; it particularly investigates the participation of the viewer and of the patron.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods. Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished the invention of the Christian apse image: on the one hand there were statues in apses of pagan temples and imper…ial cult rooms which were venerated during cult ceremonies, on the other hand, there were apse mosaics in nymphaea where aquatic myths and figures celebrated the amenities of water. Christian apse mosaics originated within this context and in spite of the Old Testament prohibition of the image. The functions and effects of apse mosaics in Christian cult rooms were explored step by step and invented afresh. The participants of this delicate process of Christian image inventions were not only ecclesiastical but also private patrons. Without any qualm, emperors and representatives of the ruling class decorated their mausolea (S. Costanza in Rome, S. Aquilino in Milan) and representational rooms in villas (Centcelles) with Christian images. Because of the Mosaic prohibition of images, the Church could not attribute to the image a biblically grounded role, it behaved cautiously towards the decoration of churches with images during the fourth century. Only during the fifth century did it relax, and start to invent high brow theological programs (S. Maria Maggiore in Rome), understandable only to few believers. Some bishops gave special treatment to the promotion of aniconic programs (Paulinus of Nola, baptistery of the Lateran in Rome, Casaranello, church of Paraskevi in Salonica). Others rejected images in churches categorically (Epiphanius of Salamis). The Church admitted images and programs representing and portrayed Jesus Christ as God and as a human being that private patrons and artists had invented together with theologians; it provoked thereby a conflict (never really argued out) between the pagan representation of gods and emperors and the representation of Christ whose image should never recall images of gods nor of emperors, though points of contact were unavoidable. Highly original creations of apse mosaics resulted from this fertile conflict that were never repeated. All early Christian apse mosaics are unprecedented, one of creations without any succession. Their treatment as iconographic types is a blind ally. The Church sat back and watched how mosaics and frescoes in apses of cult rooms generated very particular effects, evoking in the viewer respect, admiration, awe and maybe even veneration. The representation of the Virgin with the child in a large apse evoked something like visual worship. The capacity of the image to have an impact on the viewer could not be decreed by the Church, but this was an affair manifested more or less casually according to the inventive power of the artist. For several centuries, the Church was not in a situation to create an official image of Christ. It cared for having apse mosaics not being adored. But the Church could not prevent images from being adored by private persons and/or control private concerns, such as setting-up of ex votos, in official church apses (S. Venanzio in Rome). Private persons first launched the cult of the Virgin (sarcophagus of Adelphia, gold glass). From the sixth century on, images - apse-mosaics, frescoes and panel paintings - were installed for 'cult-propaganda' (SS. Cosma e Damiano, Hag. Demetrius in Salonica). In some cases, perhaps, images promoted a devotion on the part of the private believers. This process was a novelty for the sixth century. But a real cult around an apse mosaic was never instituted, even though the altar for the celebration of the Mass was installed in the apse. The early Christian period had no interest in representing the sacrifice of the Mass in an apse mosaic. Official ecclesiastical prayers were not addressed to divine figures and Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by Proplaen Verlag, Germany, 1977
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hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback, German language publication. Small thick folio, 11" x 8 1/8", a very good tightly bound copy with clean and unmarked contents and in a well preserved but mildly age-toned pictorial dust jacket. Housed in the publisher issued slipcase. Illustrated with 40…0 b&w & colour plates. A heavy volume which may attract a request for additional postage if ordered from some locations outside the United Kingdom.
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Condition: MOLTO BUONO. Propyläen Verlag cm.16,5x24, pp.354, legatura editoriale cartonata con sopraccoperta. Propyläen Kunstgeschichte. Supplementband.
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24 cm, gebunden Pp. 493 Schwarzweißabbildungen, 24 Farbtafeln, 357 S., Einband etwas unfrisch, sonst guter Zustand. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1450.
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Published by Zürich, Belser Verlag,, 1987
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311 S. : zahlr. Illustr. ; 29 cm. Orig.-Leinen m. OU. Codex Benedictus ; Wiss. Erg.-Bd. - Belser-Faksimile-Editionen aus der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. - (gut erhalten).
Published by Belser, Zürich, 1987
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Leinen. 311 S. Oln. OU. Umschlag mit winzigem Einriss. Buch.
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Casebound Hardcover. VG, board corners bumped. 106 color and black and white plates 131 pp.
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Gebunden. Condition: New. This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods. Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished the invention of the Christian apse image: on the one hand there were statues .
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Propyläen Kunstgeschichte. Spätantike und frühes Christentum Bd. 13. Kunst der Gegenwart 1940 - 1980
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Condition: Gut. Propyläen Kunstgeschichte Bd. 15. 352 S. Bibliothek Exemplar! Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1006 Gebundene Ausgabe, Maße: 24 cm x 16.5 cm x 0.1 cm.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2004 Brill hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. Contents: 1, 'Archaeological Research on the Late Antique Countryside: A Bibliographic Essay' by Alexandra Chavarria and Tamara Lewit; 2, 'Rehabilitating the Great Estate: Aristocratic Property and Economic Growth in the L…ate Antique East' by Peter Sarris; 3, 'Epigraphic Data on Village Culture and Social Institutions: An Interregional Comparison (Syria, Phoenice Libanensis and Arabia)' by Frank R. Trombley; 4, 'The Fate of Rural Temples in Late Antiquity and the Christianisation of the Countryside' by Beatrice Caseau; 5, 'The Archaeology of Pilgrimage in Late Antique Albania: The Basilica of the Forty Martyrs' by John Mitchell; 6, 'Valley and Village in Late Roman Cyprus' by Tassos Papacostas; 7, 'Settlement Expansion on the Konya Plain, Anatolia: 3rd-7th Centuries A.D.' by Douglas Baird; 8, 'Late Antiquity in the Territory of Sagalassos' by Hannelore Vanhaverbeke, Femke Martens, Marc Waelkens and Jeroen Poblome; 9, 'Late Antique Pottery, Settlement and Trade in the East Mediterranean: A Preliminary Comparison of Ceramics from Limyra (Lycia) and Boeotia' by Joanita Vroom; 10, 'Residential Villas in Late Antique Italy: Continuity and Change' by Carla Marano; 11, 'Late Roman Villa Plans: The Danube-Balkan Region' by Laszlo Mobran; 12, 'Monastic Landscapes' by Joseph Patrich; 13, 'Monasteries as Rural Settlements: Patron-dependence or Self-sufficiency?' by Beat Brenk; 14, 'A de-Romanised Landscape in Northern Gaul: The Scarpe Valley from the 4th to 9th Century A.D.' by Etienne Louis; 15, 'Late Antique Settlement on the Plain of Verona' by Fabio Saggioro; 16, 'Continuity and Change in the Macedonian Countryside, from Gallienus to Justinian' by Archie Dunn.
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Condition: Wie neu. Propyläen Kunstgeschichte Bd. 15. 352 S. Alle Bücher & Medienartikel von Book Broker sind stets in gutem & sehr gutem gebrauchsfähigen Zustand. Die Ausgabe des gelieferten Exemplars kann um bis zu 10 Jahre vom angegebenen Veröffentlichungsjahr abweichen und es kann sich um eine abweichende Auflage handeln. Un…ser Produktfoto entspricht dem hier angebotenen Artikel, dieser weist folgende Merkmale auf: Helle/saubere Seiten in fester Bindung. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1006 Gebundene Ausgabe, Maße: 24 cm x 16.5 cm x 0.1 cm.
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4°, Leinen. 311 Seiten. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. Mit zahlreichen Illustrationen. Sehr gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550.
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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods. Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished the invention of the Christian apse image: on the one hand there were statues in apses of pagan temples and imperial cu…lt rooms which were venerated during cult ceremonies, on the other hand, there were apse mosaics in nymphaea where aquatic myths and figures celebrated the amenities of water. Christian apse mosaics originated within this context and in spite of the Old Testament prohibition of the image. The functions and effects of apse mosaics in Christian cult rooms were explored step by step and invented afresh. The participants of this delicate process of Christian image inventions were not only ecclesiastical but also private patrons. Without any qualm, emperors and representatives of the ruling class decorated their mausolea (S. Costanza in Rome, S. Aquilino in Milan) and representational rooms in villas (Centcelles) with Christian images. Because of the Mosaïc prohibition of images, the Church could not attribute to the image a biblically grounded role, it behaved cautiously towards the decoration of churches with images during the fourth century. Only during the fifth century did it relax, and start to invent high brow theological programs (S. Maria Maggiore in Rome), understandable only to few believers. Some bishops gave special treatment to the promotion of aniconic programs (Paulinus of Nola, baptistery of the Lateran in Rome, Casaranello, church of Paraskevi in Salonica). Others rejected images in churches categorically (Epiphanius of Salamis). The Church admitted images and programs representing and portrayed Jesus Christ as God and as a human being that private patrons and artists had invented together with theologians; it provoked thereby a conflict (never really argued out) between the pagan representation of gods and emperors and the representation of Christ whose image should never recall images of gods nor of emperors, though points of contact were unavoidable. Highly original creations of apse mosaics resulted from this fertile conflict that were never repeated. All early Christian apse mosaics are unprecedented, one of creations without any succession. Their treatment as iconographic types is a blind ally.The Church sat back and watched how mosaics and frescoes in apses of cult rooms generated very particular effects, evoking in the viewer respect, admiration, awe and maybe even veneration. The representation of the Virgin with the child in a large apse evoked something like visual worship. The capacity of the image to have an impact on the viewer could not be decreed by the Church, but this was an affair manifested more or less casually according to the inventive power of the artist.For several centuries, the Church was not in a situation to create an official image of Christ. It cared for having apse mosaics not being adored. But the Church could not prevent images from being adored by private persons and/or control private concerns, such as setting-up of ex votos, in official church apses (S. Venanzio in Rome). Private persons first launched the cult of the Virgin (sarcophagus of Adelphia, gold glass). From the sixth century on, images - apse-mosaics, frescoes and panel paintings - were installed for 'cult-propaganda' (SS. Cosma e Damiano, Hag. Demetrius in Salonica). In some cases, perhaps, images promoted a devotion on the part of the private believers. This process was a novelty for the sixth century.But a real cult around an apse mosaic was never instituted, even though the altar for the celebration of the Mass was installed in the apse. The early Christian period had no interest in representing the sacrifice of the Mass in an apse mosaic. Official ecclesiastical prayers were not addressed to divine figures and saints represented in apse mosaics. Apse mosaics are never mentioned in liturgies. Apse mosaics.
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Buch. Condition: Neu. The Apse, the Image and the Icon | An Historical Perspective of the Apse as a Space for Images | Beat Brenk | Buch | Englisch | 2010 | Reichert | EAN 9783895007033 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Heil, Margaret, Margaret Heil, Reichert, Anne-Frank-Str. 11, 63762 Großostheim, margret-heil[at]gmx[dot]de…| Anbieter: preigu.
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods. Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished the invention of the Christian apse image: on the one hand there were statues in apses of pagan temples and imper…ial cult rooms which were venerated during cult ceremonies, on the other hand, there were apse mosaics in nymphaea where aquatic myths and figures celebrated the amenities of water. Christian apse mosaics originated within this context and in spite of the Old Testament prohibition of the image. The functions and effects of apse mosaics in Christian cult rooms were explored step by step and invented afresh. The participants of this delicate process of Christian image inventions were not only ecclesiastical but also private patrons. Without any qualm, emperors and representatives of the ruling class decorated their mausolea (S. Costanza in Rome, S. Aquilino in Milan) and representational rooms in villas (Centcelles) with Christian images. Because of the Mosaic prohibition of images, the Church could not attribute to the image a biblically grounded role, it behaved cautiously towards the decoration of churches with images during the fourth century. Only during the fifth century did it relax, and start to invent high brow theological programs (S. Maria Maggiore in Rome), understandable only to few believers. Some bishops gave special treatment to the promotion of aniconic programs (Paulinus of Nola, baptistery of the Lateran in Rome, Casaranello, church of Paraskevi in Salonica). Others rejected images in churches categorically (Epiphanius of Salamis). The Church admitted images and programs representing and portrayed Jesus Christ as God and as a human being that private patrons and artists had invented together with theologians; it provoked thereby a conflict (never really argued out) between the pagan representation of gods and emperors and the representation of Christ whose image should never recall images of gods nor of emperors, though points of contact were unavoidable. Highly original creations of apse mosaics resulted from this fertile conflict that were never repeated. All early Christian apse mosaics are unprecedented, one of creations without any succession. Their treatment as iconographic types is a blind ally. The Church sat back and watched how mosaics and frescoes in apses of cult rooms generated very particular effects, evoking in the viewer respect, admiration, awe and maybe even veneration. The representation of the Virgin with the child in a large apse evoked something like visual worship. The capacity of the image to have an impact on the viewer could not be decreed by the Church, but this was an affair manifested more or less casually according to the inventive power of the artist. For several centuries, the Church was not in a situation to create an official image of Christ. It cared for having apse mosaics not being adored. But the Church could not prevent images from being adored by private persons and/or control private concerns, such as setting-up of ex votos, in official church apses (S. Venanzio in Rome). Private persons first launched the cult of the Virgin (sarcophagus of Adelphia, gold glass). From the sixth century on, images - apse-mosaics, frescoes and panel paintings - were installed for 'cult-propaganda' (SS. Cosma e Damiano, Hag. Demetrius in Salonica). In some cases, perhaps, images promoted a devotion on the part of the private believers. This process was a novelty for the sixth century. But a real cult around an apse mosaic was never instituted, even though the altar for the celebration of the Mass was installed in the apse. The early Christian period had no interest in representing the sacrifice of the Mass in an apse mosaic. Official ecclesiastical prayers were not addressed to divin Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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