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Auteur(s) : Dell'Acqua, Francesca
Titre(s) : Iconophilia [Texte imprimé] : politics, religion, preaching, and the use of images in Rome, c.680-880 / Francesca Dell'Acqua
Publication : London ; New York (N.Y.) : Routledge, 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xxv-386 p. - [32] p. de pl.) : illustrations ; 26 cm
Collection : Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman studies
Lien à la collection : Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman monographs
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 318-376. Index
"Between the late-seventh and the mid-ninth centuries, a debate about sacred images
- conventionally addressed as 'Byzantine iconoclasm' - engaged monks, emperors, and
popes in the Mediterranean area and on the European continent. The importance of this
debate cannot be overstated; it challenged the relation between image, text, and belief.
A series of popes staunchly in favour of sacred images acted consistently during this
period in displaying a remarkable iconophilia or 'love for images'. Their multifaceted
reaction involved not only council resolutions and diplomatic exchanges, but also
public religious festivals, liturgy, preaching, and visual arts - the mass-media of
the time. Embracing these tools, the popes especially promoted themes related to the
Incarnation of God - which justified the production and veneration of sacred images
- and extolled the role and the figure of the Virgin Mary. Despite their profound
influence over Byzantine and western cultures of later centuries, the political, theological,
and artistic interactions between the East and the West during this period have not
yet been investigated in studies combining textual and material evidence. By drawing
evidence from texts and material culture - some of which have yet to be discussed
against the background of the iconoclastic controversy - and by considering the role
of oral exchange, Iconophilia assesses the impact of the debate on sacred images and
of coeval theological controversies in Rome and central Italy. By looking at intersecting
textual, liturgical, and pictorial images which had at their core the Incarnate God
and his human mother Mary, the book demonstrates that between c.680-880, by unremittingly
maintaining the importance of the visual for nurturing beliefs and mediating personal
and communal salvation, the popes ensured that the status of sacred images would remain
unchallenged, at least until the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century"
Sujet(s) : Iconoclasme -- Histoire
Papauté -- Jusqu'à 1309
Illustrations -- Interprétation -- Religion -- Christianisme -- Histoire
Christianisme et art -- Histoire
Église catholique -- Relations -- Église orthodoxe -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
246.530 9 (23e éd.) = Icônes (christianisme) - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780415793728 (rel.). - ISBN 0415793726. - ISBN 9781315210919 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46544519r
Notice n° :
FRBNF46544519
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