Research Catalog

Title

Symbol & icon : Dionysius the Areopagite and the iconoclastic crisis / Filip Ivanovic.

Author

Ivanović, Filip, 1986-

Publication

Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, c2010.

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Details

Description

xi, 103 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This book contributes to the study of the notions of symbol and icon by examining two phenomena that greatly contributed to their development: the thought of Dionysius the Areopagite and the iconoclastic controversy. Different historical and philosophical-theological contexts are examined within the framework of the influence that Dionysius exerted on main protagonists in the controversy and the theology of icon. The reader will find a discussion of the main points of Dionysius' doctrine, the features of the iconoclastic controversy, and an elaboration of the Areopagite's aesthetic and symbolic theory with special reference to the theology of icon. Throughout the work Ivanovic seeks to offer broad insight relevant to many different disciplines, such as theology, philosophy, history, and art. Dionysian theory of symbols and apophatic theology, his concepts of light, icon, and visible things as "images of the invisible things" were the basis of the further development of the Orthodox theology of the icon, which constitutes one of the fundamental values of Christian theology. The analysis offered in this book incites further study of the doctrinal dimension of Christian iconology, as well as of Christian and Neoplatonic mysticism, Byzantine aesthetics, and of theological and cultural studies."--Pub. desc.

Alternative Title

Symbol and icon

Subjects

• History
• Church history
• Neoplatonism
• Worship
• Symbolism
• Image (Theology)
• Iconoclasm > Byzantine Empire > History
• Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-98) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Dionysius the Areopagite in the Christian context -- The historical-doctrinal development of the iconoclastic controversy -- Dionysius and images -- The Orthodox theology of the icon and the Dionysian influence.

ISBN

• 1608993353
• 9781608993352

LCCN

^^2010283322

OCLC

• 656160467
• SCSB-12670004

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library