Pythagoras, Byzantium and the Holiness of Beauty
This essay explores the place of icons in the theology and worship of the Orthodox churches, through an examination of the doctrinal conflicts that formed Byzantine Christianity. It proceeds to outline the history of some principles of Pythagorean aesthetics, and to posit an explanation of how their...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2006
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2006, Volume: 71, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 302-319 |
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| Summary: | This essay explores the place of icons in the theology and worship of the Orthodox churches, through an examination of the doctrinal conflicts that formed Byzantine Christianity. It proceeds to outline the history of some principles of Pythagorean aesthetics, and to posit an explanation of how their use survived in the transmission of some Byzantine and Russian icons. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140006075750 |