<p>During the Middle Ages, images had to be tied to the truth. Otherwise, they were considered idols. And the idols are always dangerous and, therefore, banned. So, to be justified, the <em>imago</em> had to be true or really refer to truth. It follows that the images were not considered just objects ‘to see’, but were perceived as almost ‘alive bodies’, real bodies: they could act as if were actually present. This essay studies the image concept in Christian thought, with particular attention to Eastern Europe, in connection to the patristic and conciliar sources. The result is the shift of its ontological meaning: contrary to the mimetic idea of greek-hellenistic culture, the christian image is an ‘impression of similarity’. This conceptu...
Human desire to be in a more natural relationship with God, his Creator, caused the former to find...
At around 1500 in German-speaking lands the word conterfait started to be used to describe a portrai...
This paper answers the question: Was there heretic images during the Middle Ages? On the one hand, i...
During the Middle Ages, images had to be tied to the truth. Otherwise, they were considered idols. A...
During the Middle Ages, images had to be tied to the truth. Otherwise, they were considered idols. A...
The Culture of the Imago. Contrary to restrictive conception of the image, the latin term imago is...
In recent years the idea of ‘performative vision’ has been at the heart of international medieval s...
The hermeneutics of the Christian Middle Ages assign the religious image and its aesthetic function ...
During the Middle Ages, images had to be tied to the truth. Otherwise, they were considered idols. A...
Abstract and quasi-abstract motifs were widely used in the religious images of the central Middle Ag...
Can a material object refer to the divine without attracting to itself devotion and veneration? And,...
In the controversial interpretation of the prohibition of using figures imposed by Moses, critical l...
Recent developments in image-making techniques have resulted in a drastic blurring of the threshold ...
Engraving was in the Modern Age an excellent mass-media for Sacred Iconography divulgation. An image...
La missione dell’imagologia/The mission of imagology This is a reflexion upon the imagological appr...
Human desire to be in a more natural relationship with God, his Creator, caused the former to find...
At around 1500 in German-speaking lands the word conterfait started to be used to describe a portrai...
This paper answers the question: Was there heretic images during the Middle Ages? On the one hand, i...
During the Middle Ages, images had to be tied to the truth. Otherwise, they were considered idols. A...
During the Middle Ages, images had to be tied to the truth. Otherwise, they were considered idols. A...
The Culture of the Imago. Contrary to restrictive conception of the image, the latin term imago is...
In recent years the idea of ‘performative vision’ has been at the heart of international medieval s...
The hermeneutics of the Christian Middle Ages assign the religious image and its aesthetic function ...
During the Middle Ages, images had to be tied to the truth. Otherwise, they were considered idols. A...
Abstract and quasi-abstract motifs were widely used in the religious images of the central Middle Ag...
Can a material object refer to the divine without attracting to itself devotion and veneration? And,...
In the controversial interpretation of the prohibition of using figures imposed by Moses, critical l...
Recent developments in image-making techniques have resulted in a drastic blurring of the threshold ...
Engraving was in the Modern Age an excellent mass-media for Sacred Iconography divulgation. An image...
La missione dell’imagologia/The mission of imagology This is a reflexion upon the imagological appr...
Human desire to be in a more natural relationship with God, his Creator, caused the former to find...
At around 1500 in German-speaking lands the word conterfait started to be used to describe a portrai...
This paper answers the question: Was there heretic images during the Middle Ages? On the one hand, i...