Iconotropy and Cult Images from the Ancient to Modern World

The book examines the process of symbolic and material alteration of religious images in antiquity, the middle ages and the modern period.

List of contents

Introduction: Iconotropy and the Alteration of Religious Images
Jorge Tomás García and Sandra Sáenz-López Pérez
1. Sensuous Encounters: The Adornment of Cult Statues in Ancient Greece
Cecilie Brøns
2. Taming the Gorgon: Visual Iconotropy in the Archaic Greek Medusa
Rafael Jackson-Martín
3. The Religion of Theft: Stolen Cult Images in Ancient Greek Ritual and Cult
Aaron Beck-Schachter
4. The New Life of Greek Images Outside Greece: The Case of Iberia
Adolfo J. Domínguez
5. What Does an Idol Look Like? Visualizing Idolatry in Late Antique Jewish and Christian Art
Giovanni Gasbarri
6. Pagan Statues in Islamic Context: Iconotropy in Tenth-Century al-Andalus
Jorge Elices Ocón
7. Cross-Mediterranean Misinterpretations of Sacred Imagery
Michele Bacci
8. Enchanted by the 'Madonna Nicopeia': Reception, Myth and the Methodological Pitfalls of the Art Historian
Meital Shai
9. Avalokite¿vara is Mutating Again: Chinese and Japanese Encounters with the Virgin Mary
Marco Musillo

About the author

Jorge Tomás García is Assistant Professor at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
Sandra Sáenz-López Pérez is Assistant Professor at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.

Summary

The book examines the process of symbolic and material alteration of religious images in antiquity, the middle ages and the modern period.

Product details

• Assisted by: Sandra Sáenz-López Pérez (Editor), Jorge Tomás García (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032030661
• ISBN: 978-1-032-03066-1
• No. of pages: 202
• Weight: 400 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Research in Art and Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; ART / History / General, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, ART / Reference, RELIGION / Reference, History of art / art & design styles, Religion & beliefs, History of Art, Reference works, Religion and beliefs, Relating to religious groups, Religious subjects depicted in art, Religious and ceremonial art