Angels, Devils

The Supernatural and Its Visual Representation

AvGerhard Jaritz

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

Del 15 i serien CEU Medievalia - CEU Press

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Beskrivning

Supernatural phenomena and causalities played an important role in medieval society. Religious practice was relying upon a set of cult images and the sacral status of these depictions of divine or supernatural persons became the object of heated debates and provoked iconoclastic reactions.The miraculous intervention of saints or other divine agents, the wondrous realities beyond understanding, or the manifestations of magic attributed to diabolic forces, were contained by a variety of discourses, described and discussed in religion, philosophy, chronicles, literature and fiction, and also in a large number of pictures and material objects. The nine essays in this collection discusses how supernatural phenomena – especially angels and devils – found visual manifestation in Latin and Eastern Christianity as well as Judaism in the late medieval, early renaissance period.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-10-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:CEU Medievalia - CEU Press
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Central European University Press
ISBN:9786155053214

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Gerhard Jaritz is professor of Medieval Studies at Central European University and senior research fellow at the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations Preface Norbert Schnitzler: The Beam of Grace and the Ocular Paradigm. Some Remarks on the Relation between Late Medieval Theology and Art Gerhard Jaritz: Visual Images of the Supernatural in the Late Middle Ages, or, How to Make the Entities Recognizable that Are not Part of Our Natural World Alexander E. Makhov: … In diversas figuras nequitiae: The Devil’s Image from the Viewpoint of Rhetoric Helmut Hundsbichler: Devils in Visual Proximity Béla Zsolt Szakács: Supernatural Figures Incognito Maria Craciun: Guardians or Avengers? Depictions of Angels in Transylvanian Altarpieces from the Late Medieval Period Zsófia Buda: Heavenly Envoys: Angels in Jewish Art György E. Szonyi: The Reincarnations of Enoch from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance Anna Maria Gruia: Images to Influence the Supernatural: Apotropaic Representations on Medieval Stove Tiles List of Contributors Index