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Icons of Space: Advances in Hierotopy brings together important scholars of Byzantine religion, art, and architecture, to honour the work of renowned art historian Alexei Lidov. As well as his numerous publications, Lidov is well known for developing the concept of hierotopy, an innovative approach for studying the creation of sacred spaces. Hierotopy and the related concepts of ‘spatial icons’ and ‘image-paradigms’ emphasize fundamental questions about icons, including what defines them as structures, spaces, and experiences. Chapters in this volume engage with the overarching theme of icons of space by employing, contrasting, and complementing methods of hierotopy with more traditional approaches such as iconography. Examinations of icons have traditionally been positioned within strictly historical, theological, socio-economic, political, and art history domains, but this volume poses epistemological questions about the creation of sacred spaces that are instead inclusive of multi-layered iconic ideas and the lived experiences of the creators and beholders of such spaces. This book contributes to image theory and theories of architecture and sacred space. Simultaneously, it moves beyond colonial studies that predominantly focus on questions of religion and politics as expressions of privileged knowledge and power. This book will appeal to scholars and students of Byzantine history, as well as those interested in hierotopy and art history.
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Keywords
- Architectural Iconography
- Byzantine Architecture
- Byzantine Church
- Byzantine Ekphraseis
- Christ Child
- Golden Altar
- Heavenly Jerusalem
- Hilandar
- Hilandar Monastery
- Holy Man
- Holy Mountain
- Holy Sepulchre
- John Chrysostom
- Light Shafts
- Middle Byzantine Period
- Mount Athos
- Pisa Cathedral
- Primordial Paradise
- Rudolf Wittkower
- Sacred space
- Saint John Chrysostom
- South Gallery
- Southwest Bay
- Spatial Icons
- thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture::AMX History of architecture
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
- thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion
- Vatopedi Monastery
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DOI: 10.4324/9781003154464Editions