Getzel Cohen
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520241480
- eISBN:
- 9780520931022
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520241480.001.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Archaeology: Non-Classical
This authoritative and sweeping compendium, the second volume in an organized survey of the Greek settlements founded or refounded in the Hellenistic period, provides historical narratives, detailed ...
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This authoritative and sweeping compendium, the second volume in an organized survey of the Greek settlements founded or refounded in the Hellenistic period, provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the settlements in Syria, The Red Sea Basin, and North Africa from 331 to 31 B.C.E. Organized geographically, the volume pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of widely scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects. The text's breadth of focus enables this book to provide more than a compilation of information; the volume also contributes to ongoing questions and will point the way toward new avenues of inquiry.Less
This authoritative and sweeping compendium, the second volume in an organized survey of the Greek settlements founded or refounded in the Hellenistic period, provides historical narratives, detailed references, citations, and commentaries on all the settlements in Syria, The Red Sea Basin, and North Africa from 331 to 31 B.C.E. Organized geographically, the volume pulls together discoveries and debates from dozens of widely scattered archaeological and epigraphic projects. The text's breadth of focus enables this book to provide more than a compilation of information; the volume also contributes to ongoing questions and will point the way toward new avenues of inquiry.
Glenn Peers
A. Long (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520224056
- eISBN:
- 9780520925137
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520224056.001.0001
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Archaeology: Non-Classical
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 ...
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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. The book demonstrates that these problems of representation provide a unique window on Late Antique thought in general.Less
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. The book demonstrates that these problems of representation provide a unique window on Late Antique thought in general.
