The Power Of Icons
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Icons Of Power
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Author : Nicholas J. Saunders
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1998
Icons Of Power written by Nicholas J. Saunders and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Art categories.
Icons of Power investigates why the image of the cat has been such a potent symbol in the art, religion and mythology of indigenous American cultures for three thousand years. The jaguar and the puma epitomize ideas of sacrifice, cannibalism, war, and status in a startling array of graphic and enduring images. Natural and supernatural felines inhabit a shape-shifting world of sorcery and spiritual power, revealing the shamanic nature of Amerindian world views. This pioneering collection offers a unique pan-American assessment of the feline icon through the diversity of cultural interpretations, but also striking parallels in its associations with hunters, warriors, kingship, fertility, and the sacred nature of political power. Evidence is drawn from the pre-Columbian Aztec and Maya of Mexico, Peruvian, and Panamanian civilizations, through recent pueblo and Iroquois cultures of North America, to current Amazonian and Andean societies. This well-illustrated volume is essential reading for all who are interested in the symbolic construction of animal icons, their variable meanings, and their place in a natural world conceived through the lens of culture. The cross-disciplinary approach embraces archaeology, anthropology, and art history.
The Power Of Icons
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Author : Jan Morsink Ikonen (Firm)
language : en
Publisher: Snoeck
Release Date : 2006
The Power Of Icons written by Jan Morsink Ikonen (Firm) and has been published by Snoeck this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Art categories.
"This illustrated book presents a collection of unique icons not usually seen outside the confines of the living room. A collection assembled by the brothers Simon and Hugo Morsink, both passionate icon lovers and art dealers. Accompanying texts, to which international experts have contributed, explain the meaning of these Greek and Russian icons, dating from the 15th to the 19th century, while several essays take the reader inside the world of this ancient Christian art form."--BOOK JACKET.
Icons
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Author : Margaret Stohl
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2013-05-09
Icons written by Margaret Stohl and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-09 with Fiction categories.
The first book in a breathtaking new series from Beautiful Creatures co-author Margaret Stohl
The Meaning Of Icons
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Author : Léonide Ouspensky
language : en
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Release Date : 1982
The Meaning Of Icons written by Léonide Ouspensky and has been published by St Vladimir's Seminary Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Art categories.
"The nature of the icon cannot be grasped by means of pure art criticism, nor by the adoption of a sentimental point of view. Its forms are based on the wisdom contained in the theological and liturgical writings of the Eastern Orthodox Church and are imtimately bound up with the experience of the contemplative life. The present work is the first of its kind to give a reliable introduction to the spiritual background of this art. The introduction into the meaning and language of the icons by Ouspensky imparts to us in an admirable way the spiritual conceptions of the Eastern Orthodox Church which are often so foreign to us, but without the knowledge of which we cannot possibly understand the world of the icon." -- Back cover.
Icons Of Power
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Author : Naomi Janowitz
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2010-11-01
Icons Of Power written by Naomi Janowitz and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with Religion categories.
Janowitz sifts through the polemics to make sense of the daunting mosaic of religious belief and practice in Late Antiquity. Janowitz reveals how ritual practitioners held common assumptions about why their rituals worked and how to perform them. Icons of Power makes an important contribution to our understanding of society in Late Antiquity.
Greek Icons
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Author : Eva Haustein-Bartsch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Greek Icons written by Eva Haustein-Bartsch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Christianity and art categories.
Icons And Power
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Author : Bissera V. Pentcheva
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2010-11-01
Icons And Power written by Bissera V. Pentcheva and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with Art categories.
Pentcheva demonstrates that a fundamental shift in the Byzantine cult from relics to icons, took place during the late tenth century. Centered upon fundamental questions of art, religion, and politics, Icons and Power makes a vital contribution to the entire field of medieval studies.
Icons And The Name Of God
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Author : Sergiĭ Bulgakov
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2012-02-27
Icons And The Name Of God written by Sergiĭ Bulgakov and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-27 with Art categories.
In Orthodox theology both the icon and the name of God transmit divine energies, theophanies, or revelations that imprint God's image within us. In Icons and the Name of God renowned Orthodox theologian Sergius Bulgakov explains the theology behind the Orthodox veneration of icons and the glorification of the name of God. In the process Bulgakov covers two major controversies -- the iconoclastic controversy (sixth to eighth centuries) and the "Name of God" controversy (early twentieth century) -- and explains his belief that an icon stops being merely a religious painting and becomes sacred when it is named. This translation of two essays "The Icon and Its Veneration" and "The Name of God" -- available in English for the first time -- makes Bulgakov's rich thinking on these key theological concepts available to a wider audience than ever before.
Other Icons
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Author : Eunice Dauterman Maguire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Other Icons written by Eunice Dauterman Maguire and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art categories.
"A winged centaur with the spotted body of a leopard playing a lute; a naked man with an animal head; a goat-footed Pan; a four-bodied lion; sphinxes; and hippocamps. Few would associate these forms of art with the Byzantine era, a period dominated by religious art. However, an art of strikingly secular expression was not only common to Byzantine culture, but also key to defining it. In Other Icons, Eunice Dauterman Maguire and Henry Maguire offer the first comprehensive view of this "unofficial" Byzantine art, demonstrating the role it played and its dialogue with traditional Christian Byzantine art. This beautifully illustrated book creates an entirely new understanding of the whole of Byzantine art and culture. With its wide-ranging examples, the book vividly demonstrates how the surprise of this "profane" art is not only in its subjects of mythic creatures, exotic imagery, and eroticism, but also in the ubiquity and beauty of their placement--within churches and without, woven into silk, illuminated on manuscripts, engraved into pottery, painted in frescoes, and taking life in marble, bone, and ivory. By presenting and exploring this profane art for the first time in a scholarly book in English, Other Icons will change the way we look at the art of an entire era." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2005035716-d.html.
Icons
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Author : Robin Cormack
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2007
Icons written by Robin Cormack and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art categories.
Byzantine and Russian Orthodox icons are perhaps the most enduring form of religious art ever developed--and one of the most mysterious. This book provides an accessible guide to their story and power. Illustrated mostly with Cretan, Greek, and Russian examples from the British Museum, which houses Britain's most important collection, the book examines icons in the context of the history of Christianity, as well as within the perspective of art history.